Claudia Raia, 56, welcomes a baby boy named Luca after a surprise pregnancy

Brazilian actress Claudia Raia revealed that she and her husband Jarbas Homem de Mello welcomed their first child together, a baby boy named Luca, last month.

The 56-year-old soap opera star, who fell naturally pregnant three years after doctors told her she had started menopause, announced the exciting news on her Instagram by posting a photo with her husband, 53, and their newborn. lying in a hospital bed.

‘Luca arrived setting fire on Saturday night! He arrived here on February 11, already claiming his space. We did it,” he captioned the post.

The mother of three shares daughter Sophia, 19, and son Enzo, 25, with her ex Edson Celulari.

Since welcoming her latest addition, she has shared several photos of her newborn at home with her siblings and dad, as well as more photos from the hospital.

Earlier, after a failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle, Raia said she ‘looked to God’ and said: ‘It’s okay. I understand. It wasn’t meant to be.

After receiving nasty comments about being an older mom, Raia reminded her haters that “there are a thousand ways to be a mom.”

“In my case, being over 50 years old was one of the challenges, but it is worth reflecting that today there are a thousand family formats and so many other forms of maternal love,” she wrote on Instagram.

The actress continued: “We have to put an end to this habit of judging or setting limits on other people’s motherhood, because each one sees this experience in a very intimate and unique way.”

According Sunupon learning of her pregnancy, she thought her doctor was ‘crazy’.

“I’m 55 years old,” he remembers telling his doctor. “Then I took the test and it came out more than three weeks pregnant.”

In 2019, the Office for National Statistics revealed that the number of women over the age of 40 who become pregnant has almost doubled in the last two decades.

Statisticians said women put off having children until they are older for a variety of reasons, including building a career first.

‘Luca arrived setting fire on Saturday night! He arrived here on February 11, already claiming his space. We did it,” he captioned the post.

Baby number three: The mother of three shares daughter Sophia, 19, and son Enzo, 25, with her ex Edson Celulari

A blessing: After receiving nasty comments about being an older mother, Raia reminded her haters that ‘there are a thousand ways to be a mother’

The conception rate among women age 40 and older has been increasing since 1990.

Although subsequent pregnancies carry a higher risk of complications such as miscarriage, preeclampsia, or the need for a C-section, they are becoming more common.

Greater access to higher education, higher employment rates and the “greater importance of a career” are factors behind the rising rates of older mothers, as is the delay of childbearing due to uncertain labor market conditions. or housing, said the ONS.