Hilary Swank pregnant with twins

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Anonymous wrote:Someone remind me how she ended up somewhat blacklisted or not being heavily hired in Hollywood? Was it something to do with Chad Lowe my memory is failing me.

Based on her filmography it looks like she’s worked pretty consistently throughout her career. She was never known as a box office draw and wasn’t one to be on the cover of magazines/tabloids. Given Hollywood’s ageism against women, her resume’s not bad at all.

I'm with PP. Her filmography does not match that of a two-time winner of the Best Actress Oscar. She's the only one in this generation to have won that award twice and it puts her in some very esteemed company (Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Vivian Leigh, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, even Meryl Streep (although she got a 3rd Oscar in the Best Supporting category as well)). Hilary Swank won her second Oscar in 2004. Where has she been since then? It looks like she started producing her own films, most of which sound terrible and hover around 20%-40% on Rotten Tomatoes. Her Netflix show was canceled after one season. What gives?

Ever heard of the Oscar curse?

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Anonymous wrote:Swank implied they were conceived naturally by saying twins run on both sides. Just come clean, FFS.

I’m going to give her a pass on that, simply because us twin moms are frequently asked if twins run in our families or our husbands’ families. I’m related to 3 sets of twins and a set of triplets, besides my own twins, so what am I supposed to do when asked that question? I answer truthfully, that multiples run in both sides of my family. My twins have nothing to do with that because my husband has a fertility issue that required IVF in order for him to father our children, but people didn’t ask if our twins were conceived through ART, they asked if twins run in the family. In Hillary Swank’s case, you have the media attributing quotes to her, but you don’t have a transcript of the interview, so she was probably asked if twins run in the family. She probably didn’t announce the pregnancy that way, but it reads like she just threw that out there.

People ask ALL the time. It's insane, you sometimes see their smug superiority about it too (before you answer) but not as much if you just disclose it all honestly. I didn't have ivf but had injections that increased chances for twins. Twins also run in my maternal side of the family. I don't know/care if mine were due to a drug, age or genetic predisposition. Those who ask also tend to be either a bit on the immature side or the type to overdo small talk. I think being honest and not just saying "it runs in the family" can help others who may want to try follistim shots or investigate other options.

Is trying to pretend the twins were spontaneous a normal response? I did IUI for 2 out of 3 kids. No twins. So nobody asks me if they were "natural" but I disclose all the time that I had help getting pregnant when the topic comes up. Why are some twin moms against being open about it? It's like they want people to think they have some fertility super powers. For what it's worth the twin moms I know all had help and all have been open about it none of this "runs in the family" business, so I know not everyone tries to do this.

I don’t lie about using IVF and I’ve disclosed it to my friends, but if some random chatty person in the grocery store asks me if twins run in my family as they’re making small talk, I have no obligation to do anything but answer the question they asked. We get asked over and over and over again by people we don’t know at all. I’m not telling my conception details to every fifth person I meet.

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My back hurts thinking about this.

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Anonymous wrote:She may have used her own frozen eggs but it’s almost 100% IVF. It’s a miracle indeed, of modern medicine.

After a certain age, they don't do IVF with your eggs because they're too fragile. If you want to use your own eggs, you do drugs and IUI, and you could get pregnant with twins. But at 48, it's probably donor eggs, and all she has to say is "We're thrilled about the pregnancy and will not be discussing the details of conception."

It would be nice if she owned up, because using ART isn't shameful, but it's her choice.

The PP you're replying to is implying that she might be using eggs she froze as a younger woman, not her 48 y/o frozen eggs.

She's been married for four years and there are still frozen eggs to try? Come on, son.

She could have frozen them twenty-five years ago for all we know.

egg freezing didn't exist 25 years ago.



Yeah, but did she harvest and freeze 100+ eggs?

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Anonymous wrote:There is something not very kind in speculation on someone’s fertility.

Not if there is a high likelihood someone is being dishonest. Talking about twins running in the family makes it seem like they are passing this off as a natural conception which is not very likely. It's like bragging that having perfect wrinkle free skin is just good genes when the secret is really Botox.

Both my sister and I have fraternal twins. The only thing that runs in our family is that we both used IVF.

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Anonymous wrote:Not every personal detail needs to be a psa/advocacy moment. Even for celebrities.

I’m not sure any amount of information would satisfy someone who’s decided they know more than what’s being shared by Swank. However her babies were conceived is her own business.

Exactly this. The amount of hateful comments directed at women is staggering.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the AARP is going through her mind?!

At 48? Seems selfish to me. If she'd really wanted kids, she had tons of years and resources to adopt some.

Responses like this drive me crazy…you make adoption seem like an easy transaction…it is anything but that. She is 48 years old/ yes that is old for a pregnancy, however, she has the resources and love to give her twins a beautiful life.

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw Hilary Swank is expecting twins at age 48. Her comments about like “twins run in my family” and “it is such a miracle” make it sound like it was natural. I know this is totally petty, but it drives me crazy when celebrities pretend like they just naturally conceived twins at a very advanced maternal age.

https://people.com/parents/hilary-swank-pregnant-expecting-twins-with-husband-philip-schneider/

Why is it anyone's business how she conceived? I did IVF and did not have twins, but during the week in between when I had my positive pregnancy test and my first ultrasound, I couldn't stop thinking about how, if I was carrying twins, there would be non-stop questions about whether I used IVF. It's no one's business.

In general it's no one's business, but when celebrities make comments suggesting that they conceived naturally and they didn't, it gives regular women a false sense of security/hope about their own likelihood of conception at an advanced age.

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Anonymous wrote:My back hurts thinking about this.

+1. Newborn twins at almost 50...at least she can afford a ton of help!

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw Hilary Swank is expecting twins at age 48. Her comments about like “twins run in my family” and “it is such a miracle” make it sound like it was natural. I know this is totally petty, but it drives me crazy when celebrities pretend like they just naturally conceived twins at a very advanced maternal age.

https://people.com/parents/hilary-swank-pregnant-expecting-twins-with-husband-philip-schneider/

Why is it anyone's business how she conceived? I did IVF and did not have twins, but during the week in between when I had my positive pregnancy test and my first ultrasound, I couldn't stop thinking about how, if I was carrying twins, there would be non-stop questions about whether I used IVF. It's no one's business.

In general it's no one's business, but when celebrities make comments suggesting that they conceived naturally and they didn't, it gives regular women a false sense of security/hope about their own likelihood of conception at an advanced age.

Well, to be fair, anyone taking a celebrity pregnancy as some magical feather for there own fertility prob needs their own reality check. Let’s be responsible for our own synthesis of incoming info. If you have fertility issues someone else’s really doesn’t factor in minus your co-parent:co-dna contributor.

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw Hilary Swank is expecting twins at age 48. Her comments about like “twins run in my family” and “it is such a miracle” make it sound like it was natural. I know this is totally petty, but it drives me crazy when celebrities pretend like they just naturally conceived twins at a very advanced maternal age.

https://people.com/parents/hilary-swank-pregnant-expecting-twins-with-husband-philip-schneider/

agree. Whenever I see someone over the age 38 with multiples, I assume its IVF.

I naturally conceived twins at 40.

My grandmother naturally conceived twins at 42.

My great-grandmother naturally conceived twins at 45.

It id definitely possible !! My great grandmother naturally conceived twins at age 45 as well! This was the 1920s!


You can assume all you want, but not all of us used fertility treatments, nor is it anyone's business how we conceived our children.

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Good for her!

Oh, wait, this is DCUM. We're supposed to be furious for some deeply felt but inscrutable reason and tear her down.

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Well it is somewhat problematic. She's a public figure. I have a decidedly ignorant friend who is in her 40s and thinks she is in no rush to conceive. And she actually cites all the celebrities you see having babies in their late forties as proof that it won't be tough for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Well it is somewhat problematic. She's a public figure. I have a decidedly ignorant friend who is in her 40s and thinks she is in no rush to conceive. And she actually cites all the celebrities you see having babies in their late forties as proof that it won't be tough for her.

That’s her own weird lens, not someone else’s responsibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Well it is somewhat problematic. She's a public figure. I have a decidedly ignorant friend who is in her 40s and thinks she is in no rush to conceive. And she actually cites all the celebrities you see having babies in their late forties as proof that it won't be tough for her.

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It might not be. Why add that mindset? Your friend is an adult and can make her own choices/analysis.