Iya Villania admits worries over fifth pregnancy at 38

Iya Villania and Drew Arellano with their four children. Image: Instagram/@hellolittleowls via @iyavillania

Iya Villania, 38, got candid about her age and carrying her baby No. 5 with husband Drew Arellano, saying she has worries but that she’s “trusting [her] body” in her pregnancy journey.

The actress-TV host said this while showing herself working out and lifting weights, through her Instagram page last Oct. 11.

“[Three] rounds (High effort) but I did ‘tamang buntis effort,'” she said in the caption. “Moving while I still can. [Fifth] pregnancy and just doing what I’ve done in the past.”

“Can’t help but also worry at times because I am 38 years old with this pregnancy,” she admitted. “But I like to trust that my body will honor the work that I’ve put in and as long as I also honor and respect my body through this journey, it will tell me what I need to do.”

Villania then expressed the hope that her faith will sustain her as she takes care of the child in her womb while attending to her four other children.

“God’s trusted me with this for a reason so I’ll do my best to honor Him with the gift of movement and carrying this child the best way I know how,” she stated. “Praying this will be as smooth as the other [four].”

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Villania and Arellano, who tied the knot in 2014, welcomed their firstborn Primo in 2016, their second son Leon in 2018, their daughter Alana in 2020, and their fourth child Astro in 2022.

The couple announced Villania’s fifth pregnancy last September.