American actress, Mena Suvari, is expecting her first child with her husband Michael Hope.
In an interview with PEOPLE, the American Beauty actress revealed that being pregnant with her son is a very emotional experience. She opened up on the pressure to conceive at age 41.
“I was recording my temperature every morning and peeing on these ovulation sticks. You expect that it’ll happen and it didn’t. I got to this place where I felt overwhelmed and stressed out.”
“I’m 41 and there’s this air of like, I’ve got one foot in the grave and good luck,” the mom-to-be explained, sharing that she had given up earlier due to the mounting stress and continuous negative pregnancy tests.
“I was like, I can’t do this anymore. I’m so tired of stressing over this. I was trying to feel like if it’s meant, it’s meant. I was being really open like the Aquarian that I am — if this is my path or not.”
Suvari added; “It was something that we’ve always wanted, but a couple months before, I had stopped calculating. I pulled back and let go, which apparently they say that that’s when it happens.”
