Over the past couple of decades, the average age of first time mothers has been creeping up, and currently, in Ireland, women are aged between 30 and 34 before they give birth to their first baby.
In fact, there are now in many Western countries more women who give birth after 40 than women who have a child before the age of 20. In fact, accordig to statistics,
numbers released in May 2019 show that while birth rates have been declining for nearly all age groups of women under 40, they're up for women in their early 40s.
Actress Eva Longoria was 43 years old before she became a mum last year to her son, Santiago Enrique Bastón.
Longoria, who is married to businessman Jose 'Pepe' Baston, recently featured on the cover of
Parents Latina, and in the feature interview, the mum-of-one explains that her 40s was the perfect decade to become a parent.
About little Santiago, Longoria gushes:
"He was meant to be with me at this stage in my life," the 44-year-old explains. "I'm more patient, and I don't work as much—even though it doesn't seem that way!"
But juggling parenthood and work isn't easy, whether you are a celebrity or not, even though Longoria says she is lucky in that
Santiago has been able to be with his mum on set for a lot of the first year of his life.
"Going back to work was hard. Breastfeeding while working was hard, just for the timing of the pumping and the feedings and the sleeping and the not sleeping," Longoria tells Parents Latina."You just do it and get it done."
