Brigitte Nielsen defends having baby at 54: “It’s my life”
<p>Brigitte Nielsen has spoken out against the backlash she received from people who think she is too old to have a baby at 54, pointing out that older fathers never receive the same criticism.</p>
<p>Her fifth child, daughter Frida, was born in June. It is her first child with 39-year-old husband Mattia Dessi.</p>
<p>“Some women think, ‘Oh my God, I’m too old’,” she told People. “Well, yeah, I can understand people saying, ‘How dare she?’ But how many men have their first kids in their 60s and 70s and they never doubt it?</p>
<p>“Do I understand that (people) are a bit sceptical? Yes, I understand. I also totally respect the fact that not everybody likes it and agrees with it, but it is my life.”</p>
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<p>Nielsen, now 55, also revealed she started having IVF treatment 14 years ago in the hope of becoming pregnant.</p>
<p>She described it as “such a long road” to becoming a mother again, and wanted other women to know “everything is possible, but you have to be realistic” when trying to become pregnant later in life.</p>
<p>The actress and model, who was previously married to Sylvester Stallone, said she started freezing her eggs aged 40 and was given a 3 to 4 per cent chance of conceiving with her own eggs.</p>
<p>“I totally, totally beat the odds,” she said.</p>
<p>The Danish star said the process can be “lonely”, “because a lot of women don’t talk to each other about it”.</p>
<p>She added: “We should hold hands because there’s nothing wrong with wanting to have a baby whether you’re 20, you’re 30, you’re 40 or, in my case, 50.”</p>
<p>Nielsen is already a mother to four sons from previous marriages: Raoul Meyer Jr, 23; Douglas Meyer, 25; Killian Gastineau, 28; and Julian Winding, 34.</p>
