Marcia Cross is pregnant!

Marcia Cross, 44, is pregnant and expecting her first child in April.  She married stockbroker Tom Mahoney in June.

Marcia has been quite open in the recent past about the realities of conceiving later in life. She told USA Today, "I don’t like the average woman being misled into thinking that fertility is something that goes on forever. When a woman gets older, they get a donor egg, 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." It is unclear if she herself went the donor egg route, since with the timing of the pregnancy, it could very well be a honeymoon baby as well!

Whew!  We needed some non-Suri news today!

Source: People

Thanks to CBB Readers Jody and Brianna.

Comments

That is wonderful news! I am a bit surprised they announced it so soon — she can’t be very far along.

- annabelle on September 6th, 2006

Wow! Is she married? If not, who is the father? That’s great for Marcia. I know she has said in past interviews that she wanted kids and was aware that her maternal clock was ticking (she’s in her early 40′s I think).

- Jess on September 6th, 2006

That is wonderful news! I am a bit surprised they announced it so soon — she can’t be very far along.

- annabelle on September 6th, 2006

wow! they worked quick!!! Good for her! Congrats and hope she has a wonderful healthy pregnancy and baby!

- tink1217 on September 6th, 2006

All I have to say is YEAH!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS…

- marton on September 6th, 2006

Aww, congratulations to her!

- Shelly on September 6th, 2006

Congratulations!

- Aleah on September 6th, 2006

how on earth is this possible? what luck!

- jeannette on September 6th, 2006

Are you serious? Congratz Marcia and Tom!

- Aleksa on September 6th, 2006

I think Marcia is exactly 40 years. yeah! I am so very happy for her. And I think she is gorgeous!!

- HollyCatherineSlavic on September 6th, 2006

If she’s due in the first part of April, she’s probably about 8-10 weeks. I’m due April 14th and will be 9 weeks this coming Friday.

How fun to get to be pregnant at the same time as such a classy celebrity!

- Hannah on September 6th, 2006

Congratulations! Marcia is beautiful. I’ve read several times about her wanting a baby. They sure got to it quickly! Hope all goes well

- Hillary on September 6th, 2006

It’s a baby boom for everyone. Tom Mahoney must be a stud, lol. I’m happy for her and Tom. This is great news.

- FC on September 6th, 2006

Whoa, whoa, whoa. A MARRIED pregnant woman!? =P All the best wishes to her and Tom!
I wonder what this means for her DH character. Perhaps Bree will get pregnant with Orson’s child…

- Madi on September 6th, 2006

People gave Marcia’s age as 44. Wow! It is nice that it happened so nice and quickly for her!! Who knows…maybe she did IVF or something right after they got married?? Or maybe it was just the right time for her! Either way I ma really happy for them!

- tink1217 on September 6th, 2006

I think she’s 44, and she’ll be 45 when the baby is here. That’s great news.

- Marilyn on September 6th, 2006

thats great congrats to her!

- Mary on September 6th, 2006

I wonder how they will work this into the Desperate Housewives show… a honeymoon baby – how exciting for her!

- Serenity Now on September 6th, 2006

I wonder how they will work this into the show? Maybe they’ve already taped this entire season already?

- J. on September 6th, 2006

Just looked Marcia up on IMDB, they list her as 44…maybe she’s due earlier than April and are past the first trimester?

- SY on September 6th, 2006

I think she’s 44 and I’m astonished she got pregnant so fast. Lucky her! I think they got married last June and she’s due in April. Personally, I’d wait a bit longer before announcing it, but maybe she just didn’t feel like hiding it? In any case, I hope everything goes wonderfully for her.

- millie on September 7th, 2006

Aw that’s cool! LOL! This is exactly like last year when Jack White married red-head model Karen Elson on June 1st, ’05, and then they had a baby on May 2nd, ’06 (I think), so yeah it can happen to celebrities too.

That’s cool if Marcia & her husband can get pregnant so soon, especially at their (slightly advanced) ages of 44 and 50. I hope all goes well and they have beautiful and healthy children.

As far as older celeb moms, wasn’t ladies like Gina Davis, Marcia Gay Harding, Madonna, etc. in their mid-late 40s for their kids’ births too?

- Autumn on September 7th, 2006

That is awesome news! I love Marcia Cross. As for her somewhat older age, I have a neighbor who first gave birth at age 41 and then again at age 43, with no fertility treatments whatsoever. I think that is the exception and not the rule, so congrats to Marcia and best wishes for a healthy pregnancy!

- Allison on September 8th, 2006

I’m really happy for them! She mentioned in a recent tv interview doing multiple cycles of IVF with Donor Eggs, and I’m glad to hear an older celebrity mom be so open & honest about this.

- Christina on September 10th, 2006