Sophie B. Hawkins has announced that she’s pregnant at the age of 50.
The Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover singer had embryos frozen in her thirties and is now expecting a sibling for her six-year-old son Dashiell after using donated sperm.
While she is thrilled about the pregnancy, she admitted that making the decision to have a second child as a single mother was a difficult one.
“I found Dashiell really needs a sibling. My son has one parent who’s 50. I want him to have a family of young people too! I went through waking up crying and saying, ‘Am I too old? Will I suddenly at 51 have my knees give out?’” she told People.
“Now I don’t have any of those fears because I feel healthy and strong. I’m also setting up a good net of support, and that’s the key to anybody having a child.”
The star said that she is finding the experience of having a child on her own positive so far and has found our that her new baby will be a girl.
“I interviewed a lot of divorced women and they said, ‘It’s so much easier to do it alone. You don’t have the pressure or the criticism or judgment of someone else.’ Of course then you ask, ‘Will I miss the emotional support?’ Well, to tell you the truth, I’m getting that more from my friends than I ever got in a relationship.”
