44-yr-old Marcia Cross pregnant with 1st child Quote:
Marcia Cross is pregnant with her first child, her publicist confirms.
The Desperate Housewives actress, 44, wasted no time starting a family after exchanging "I do's" with first husband, 48-year-old stockbroker Tom Mahoney, on June 24. She is due in April, when Housewives will be wrapping production on Season 3.
In 2005, Cross expressed her strong desire to have a child. "I definitely want to be a mom — whether I have to have my own or not, we'll see," she told USA TODAY. Cross was well aware of the risks associated with later-in-life pregnancies, and spoke frankly that she might feel more confident adopting or even hiring a surrogate.
Many new mothers in their 40s, she said, rely on donated eggs — at a very costly price tag. "I don't like the average woman being misled into thinking that fertility is something that goes on forever," said Cross.
"When a woman gets older, they get donor eggs, which doesn't make the baby any less beautiful or perfect. One's own eggs only last so long, and sometimes at 43 or 44 you can have your own baby, but statistically it's very difficult and expensive. You don't want to wait that long."
Earlier — when her TV character's son was revealed to be gay, the actress told the paper, "I'll be lucky to have a child; may they be whatever they want to be."
Producers were still deciding whether to incorporate Cross' pregnancy into the storyline. In the Oct. 1 show, the second episode of the new season, the actress' character, uptight Bree, will wed Kyle MacLachlan's mysterious and potentially dangerous Orson. Season 3 of ABC's Desperate Housewives premieres Sept. 24.
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Marcia Cross is pregnant with her first child, her publicist confirms.
The Desperate Housewives actress, 44, wasted no time starting a family after exchanging "I do's" with first husband, 48-year-old stockbroker Tom Mahoney, on June 24. She is due in April, when Housewives will be wrapping production on Season 3.
In 2005, Cross expressed her strong desire to have a child. "I definitely want to be a mom — whether I have to have my own or not, we'll see," she told USA TODAY. Cross was well aware of the risks associated with later-in-life pregnancies, and spoke frankly that she might feel more confident adopting or even hiring a surrogate.
Many new mothers in their 40s, she said, rely on donated eggs — at a very costly price tag. "I don't like the average woman being misled into thinking that fertility is something that goes on forever," said Cross.
"When a woman gets older, they get donor eggs, which doesn't make the baby any less beautiful or perfect. One's own eggs only last so long, and sometimes at 43 or 44 you can have your own baby, but statistically it's very difficult and expensive. You don't want to wait that long."
Earlier — when her TV character's son was revealed to be gay, the actress told the paper, "I'll be lucky to have a child; may they be whatever they want to be."
Producers were still deciding whether to incorporate Cross' pregnancy into the storyline. In the Oct. 1 show, the second episode of the new season, the actress' character, uptight Bree, will wed Kyle MacLachlan's mysterious and potentially dangerous Orson. Season 3 of ABC's Desperate Housewives premieres Sept. 24.
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Bree is probably going to end up giving birth to quadruplets, getting brain cancer and then battling vampires.
