Gwen Stefani, Hilary Swank, Gisele Bündchen and More Celebrities Who Welcomed Babies After 40

Life itself is a miracle, let alone the chance to grow a new one inside your own body.

And, according to even the most modern medical expertise, the chances of getting pregnant—and then carrying a baby to term—diminishes as women get older. As in, reach their mid-to-late 30s.

But waiting until then—or later—to have (or have more) children has become increasingly common in society, let alone among celebrity moms.

“I really wanted to have another baby. I really did,” Gwen Stefani said on a recent episode of Hallow, recalling how she found the idea inconceivable at 43. “And I couldn’t and I was old. And then my oldest boy, Kingston, comes up to me. He’s like, ‘Mommy, I just I really want you to have a baby.’ I said, ‘I’m sorry, your mommy’s too old to have a baby now.’”

Kingston, now 19, prayed for her, Stefani continued, and then “like four weeks later” she got pregnant with her and then-husband Gavin Rossdale‘s third child. Apollo was born in February 2014, when his mom was 44.

“Totally a full-on gift,” said the No Doubt singer, who’s also mom to 17-year-old Zuma, summing up the whole experience as a “miracle.”