Monica Bellucci happy to have children despite initial apprehensions

Though it took Passion of the Christ star Monica Bellucci 38 years to make up hermind for being pregnant, the actress is now very happy that she had decided to have kids with husbandVincent Cassell. The Italian actress delivered her first child Deva, seven, at the age of 39, and secondwhen she was 45-year-old, Contactmusic reported. "Before that I wasn't ready to become a mother. Iwasn't ready for something so incredibly huge, something that would change my life for ever. I thinkit was because I am an only child. In a way I always felt a child -- too much into myself, she said. Sheadded, "I worried I wouldn't be ready to give myself. When the first one came, I thought I'd haveanother really quickly because I knew I didn't have much time left. I was lucky to get pregnant at 44. Wedidn't have to try for a long time. It was natural".