Claire Danes admits to pregnancy 'meltdown' at 44

HOLLYWOOD actress Claire Danes, 46, had a “meltdown” when she got pregnant with her third child.

The Beast In Me actress - who has Cyrus, 13, Rowan, seven, and a two-year-old daughter with husband Hugh Dancy - says she was stunned when she found out she was expecting at the age of 44.

The Homeland star said that didn’t think it was “physically possible” to conceive naturally any more.

Asked if she “burst into tears” at the thought of going through pregnancy again, Claire told Amy Poehler on her Good Hang podcast: “Totally.

“I called my OBGYN in convulsive tears. It was a pure like ... meltdown.

“None of this was by design. I didn't know it was physically possible. I was 44. And actually, Rowan was very hard-earned. I had to do two rounds of IVF.”

The 46-year-old star said she had looked up the odds of “naturally conceiving” at her age and it was less than one percent, and she recalled talking to her best friend about the possibility of being pregnant before confirming it, and her pal had had a dream about being inside Claire's body.

She added: “I had two strong cocktails when we had dinner and the next morning I hit the CVS and [the pregnancy test] was bold and caps lock pregnant and I burst into tears.”

The Romeo and Juliet actress said she never imagined having kids who are so far apart in terms of their ages, adding: “It’s a trip. I mean, I have a teenager and a toddler at once.”