Neighbours star Madeleine West, 47, reveals her friends’ reaction to her surprise pregnancy news

By MEGAN WATTS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 10:31 BST, 31 March 2025 | Updated: 10:31 BST, 31 March 2025

Madeleine West has revealed the response she received from her friends when announcing her pregnancy at 47.

On Sunday, the former Neighbours actress revealed on the Something To Talk About podcast that her pals’ initial reaction to her pregnancy news was surprise.

‘When I first reached out to my circle and revealed the big news, there was certainly a look – a bit of stunned mullet – I would say,’ she shared.

However, she says the shock expression was soon followed by ‘wow,’ which was followed by: ‘Are you gonna keep it?’

The controversial question also opened up about ‘geriatric pregnancies’ and the risks that can come with them, which she expanded on in her interview with Stellar Magazine.

‘I strive to not see motherhood as a limitation on my capacities,’ she told the publication, but rather something that ‘adds to it exponentially.’

Madeleine West has revealed the response she received from her friends when announcing her pregnancy at 47 

On Sunday, the former Neighbours actress revealed on the Something To Talk About podcast that her pals’ initial reaction to her pregnancy news was surprise

She went on to say that, while falling pregnant certainly wasn’t something she was expecting, it was a welcome surprise nonetheless.

‘I feel like this little person has come along at the best possible time when I’m so very ready,’ she said.

Madeleine went on to say that she now has ‘more time, wisdom and experience’ when it comes to parenting.

Reflecting on what is often coined as a ‘geriatric pregnancy’, the soon to be mum-of-seven expressed her frustration with the world’s lack of conversations around later pregnancy.

Madeleine said it’s not something ‘that society discusses at large’ despite ‘the very real fact that the rate of women having babies in their 40s is increasing.’

On the cover of the magazine, Madeleine was glowing as she bared her pregnant belly in a see-through tunic on the beach.

She sat on her heels in the ocean shallows, making direct eye contact with the camera wearing an expression that manages to be both proud and soft. 

Madeleine looked radiant in the natural sunlight, with her ocean-soaked tunic flaunting her large baby bump.

‘When I first reached out to my circle and revealed the big news, there was certainly a look – a bit of stunned mullet – I would say,’ she shared

She wore full glam make up for the maternity shoot, with her long brunette locks swept off her face in a coiffed style, and left to hang down her back.

She dressed in a high-neck dress that was wet from the ocean shoot and clung to her slim pins and her bump.

‘The most beautiful shoot I’ve had the joy of being part of,’ she gushed on Instagram in a post last week.

Back in January, Madeleine announced she was pregnant with her seventh child – a decade on from her most recent birth.

She revealed the surprising news in an Instagram post.

In the photo, she her growing baby bump in a tight-fitting tank top that was lifted to reveal her bare tummy.

‘WHOOPS!’ she captioned her post. ‘Thought it was #perimenopause. I thought WRONG!

‘It’s not too much Christmas pudding either. I couldn’t be happier.’

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Neighbours star Madeleine West, 47, reveals her friends’ reaction to her surprise pregnancy news

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