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The 45-year-old actress, who is currently pregnant with her second child, said that she feels very "lucky" to be expecting another baby.
Bellucci told Vanity Fair magazine: "Women who have children late like me are always told how brave they are and it's true that the older you are the more risks you run both for the child and yourself.
"But I don't feel brave I just feel very lucky. I already have a healthy daughter who I gave birth to in Umbria like an ordinary farm wife. This second pregnancy is just as fantastic but I wouldn't say I was an example to follow.
"When I had my first child at 39 I was told that if I wanted another I should try straight away but I wasn't ready. Eventually I decided that I was and I wanted one straight away but babies are not like movies and cannot be organised in a hurry."
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