Marcia Cross Planning to Adopt Baby  10/2/05

Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross is so eager to start a family with new fiancé Tom Mahoney, she's planning to adopt if she struggles to conceive naturally.

The 43-year-old actress fears she may have difficultly becoming pregnant because of her age, and encourages women in their 30s to be more "proactive" about childbirth.

She says, "I've always seen myself as a mother, and I will have children - whether naturally or by adoption. From my experience women in their 30s need to be proactive about their fertility.  If you want to have kids, have them. You don't need to be in a couple to do that.  Freeze your eggs, look into adoption."