Pregnant At 46, Halle Berry Faces Increased Health Risks

Halle Berry Faces Increased Health Risk With Latest Pregnancy
FILE - This Oct. 24, 2012 file photo shows actors Olivier Martinez, left, and Halle Berry at the Los Angeles premiere of Berry's film, "Cloud Atlas," in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A representative for the 46-year-old actress confirms that Berry and her fiance, Olivier Martinez, are expecting their first child together. Berry and Martinez announced their engagement last year. Berry has a four-year-old daughter, Nahla, with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, file)
FILE - This Oct. 24, 2012 file photo shows actors Olivier Martinez, left, and Halle Berry at the Los Angeles premiere of Berry's film, "Cloud Atlas," in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A representative for the 46-year-old actress confirms that Berry and her fiance, Olivier Martinez, are expecting their first child together. Berry and Martinez announced their engagement last year. Berry has a four-year-old daughter, Nahla, with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, file)

Halle Berry is defying the odds. The actress recently announced that she is pregnant with her second child at the age of 46.

By 40, a woman's reproductive chance is less than 5% per cycle, so a natural pregnancy is rare. Yet, Berry has joined one of the fastest-growing groups of women getting pregnant in the United States.

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