Hilary Swank is glad she froze her eggs

Hilary Swank is glad she made the decision to freeze her eggs because it allowed her to become a mother when the time was right. The Oscar winner became pregnant at 47 and gave birth to twins - Aya and Ohm - at the age of 48 and she admits she was waiting for everything in her life to fall into place before she started a family with her husband Philip Schneider. She told Women's Health magazine: "I would have had kids earlier.

I’m not saying I actively waited until 47. But that was a magical time in my life, when it all culminated. It was the right time for a myriad of reasons .



.. "Thankfully, I had that ability to freeze eggs for later .

.. It takes some of the pressure off.

" She added of being an older mom: "I’m a very different parent than I would’ve been, even in my early 40s. I’m much more patient. "I’m much more understanding.

I am much more, I think, interested in a different way than I would’ve been. I’m really interested in their brains. "I’m fascinated about what makes them tick.

And I have my career that’s already established, so I’m not divided. I’m able to really sink in and be present with them and be a hands-on parent." Hilary previously admitted becoming a mother to twins is a lot more fun than she thought it would be.

She told New York Post column PageSix: "It’s way more joyful. It’s way more fun, it’s way more exciting than I ever imagined. "I always thought it would be extraordinary, but it’s way more.

” The actress added that she does feel tired when caring for her twins, but that's pretty normal for most new mothers. She said: "I think there’s exhaustion no matter how old you are. You can be in your 20s and still be exhausted being a new mom.

I think it comes with the territory." She previously told PEOPLE: "I think that being a mother of twins, I never have had a singleton, so I don't know what that's like. "But I know that the sleepless nights are hard and when you have one that might sleep through the night, the other one's not, so it's kind of this trade-off every night .

.. "I know this is also a season, and it too will pass, and I try and remind myself that there's going to be a day when I'm like, ‘Oh, I'd love to wake up right now and just hold you.

’ So just trying and hold on to that.".