Claire Danes admitted she felt “shame” when she fell pregnant with her third child at 44, stating: “I was so old when that happened. I didn’t think it was possible.”

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“We’re overjoyed because we just know, from personal experience, not everybody gets this,” she added, “and certainly not when you want it — sometimes not ever.”

“I had two strong cocktails at dinner, and then, first thing in the morning, hit CVS. It was bold, caps lock, ‘PREGNANT’…and I burst into tears,” she recalled.