For most women, the thought of being pregnant in your 50s is a nightmare. Who wants to be changing diapers and potty training while also dealing with menopause or worse? Texas mom Grace Collins does. After having her first child at the age of 44, she just gave birth to her third baby at the age of 51.
Collins is settling in as a mom of three kids under the age of 7. And as she adjusts to this new phase of life, she isn’t ruling out the possibility of adding to her brood.
Collins has been open about having children later in life.
Grace Collins went viral on TikTok in 2024 after revealing that she was pregnant with her third child as she celebrated her 51st birthday. Collins gave birth to her first child, a daughter, when she was 44.
“I didn’t meet my husband until I was 40 years old, so I kind of got a late start. Because I had never been pregnant before, I knew I had some infertility issues, possibly,” Collins told People in August 2024. “Plus, my age. So we just jumped right into IVF.” The couple welcomed a second daughter two years later when Collins was 46.
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She got pregnant again at 50.
“Maybe my body just figured out how to cope, or maybe having children keeps me young,” she told People. “I felt like I was more tired when I was pregnant at 44 than I was when I was 50.”
Collins spoke with Today.com about her pregnancy. “I know this sounds crazy, but I felt better this pregnancy, when I was in my 50s, than I did before. It’s hard being pregnant no matter what age you’re at,” she said. She knows taking care of herself is imperative.
“Age isn’t just a number. It does matter,” she said. “I know that having babies in your 50s is not the norm, but it doesn’t have to be weird.”
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She’s more than happy with the life she’s created.
“I’m a pretty on-the-go kind of girl,” Collins said. “I’ve been in the little kid daily grind since I was 44, so I don’t know any different.”
Still, Collins claims she’s not ruling out a fourth baby. “I don’t know if I’m done either!” she told Today.com. “There’s a lot of women and men out there that maybe feel like life passed them by and they won’t be able to have the family they want.”
Collins wants people to know that there isn’t anything about her life she’d want to change. “If anything, having kids has honestly kept me younger,” she said via Today.com. “I’m going to do everything I can to stay young and present – not just for my kids but for myself.”
