Hilary Swank, 48, gives birth to twin boy and girl as she says she's 'in heaven'
11.04.2023 - 09:09
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arrival of her babies on Instagram, revealing she'd given birth to both a boy and a girl but kept their names under wraps. The new mum of two, who married husband Philip in 2018, shared a photograph of her holding her newborns in her arms while looking out at the sunset, and told her fans she is in "pure heaven" as she celebrated Easter with her new arrivals. "It wasn't easy.
But boy (and girl!) was it worth it," Hilary proudly announced. She added: "Happy Easter! Posting from pure heaven," along with angel and heart emojis. The actress' post quickly racked up nearly 100,000 likes with dozens of fans and celebs leaving well wishes and congratulatory comments under the post.
Actress Viola Davis commented: "Aaaaahhhh!!!!! Congratulations," with three red heart emojis. Sharon Stone said: "God bless honey This is the most extraordinary journey ever so happy for you all," while Juliette Lewis added: "congrats beautiful stong mama and babes". Mariska Hargitay also commented: "Welcome home angels," with a heart emoji.
Hilary announced she was expecting twins back in October 2022 after keeping her pregnancy a secret for the first 12 weeks. She revealed at the Golden Globe Awards in January that she had to eventually tell people as she had to start cutting the back her trousers on the set of a movie in secret in order to fit into them. At the event, Hilary, who has starred in the likes of Million Dollar Baby and Freedom Writer, also revealed she knew she'd always have twins.
"Since I was a little girl, I was like, 'I'm gonna have twins someday'," she explained. "My grandmother is a twin. And my husband's grandmother's a twin.
So it runs in the family. But I just always felt like I would. I didn't know I was going to do it at 48,
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