Gwen Stefani turned to Christianity after becoming pregnant at 44.

The Don't Speak hitmaker, now 56, has recalled having deep conversations with a former "atheist Jew" who converted to Judaism, and those chats started "waking [her] up".

Speaking to Hallow: Prayer and Meditation on YouTube, she said: "He was studying the Torah, and he had this big epiphany awakening, and he start[ed] talking to me about the Torah.

"I was desperate at this point during all this. I really wanted to have another baby. I really did. I couldn't, and I was old."

In 2013, her son Kingston, now 19, asked her for another sibling when he was around eight years old, and she used to hear him praying for her to conceive.

The No Doubt singer told him: "I'm sorry, your mommy is too old to have a baby."

She recalled: "It was like, four weeks later, and I was pregnant with Apollo. I had him at 44 years old, naturally."

Gwen - who has sons Kingston, Zuma, 17, and Apollo, 12, with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale - described becoming a mother for a third time as a "full-on gift" and "the first miracle".

She felt under pressure at the time because she didn't think she understood Christianity enough.

She added: "It's almost scary because the more you know, the more fear you get. You realise, 'Oh my gosh, I'm running out of time and I need to get this together. I've got to be a real Christian! I'm not gonna make it.'"

She and Gavin married in a Catholic church in 2002 before getting divorced 14 years later, while their marriage was reportedly annulled in 2021, the same year she married Blake Shelton.

Back in January, the 49-year-old country singer dismissed speculation the couple are heading for divorce.

He told Country Countdown USA: "Starting in October, I think, or maybe November, I stated noticing these articles popping up about 'Blake and Gwen, they're split up.'

"'They're not even seeing each other anymore, they're going through a divorce.' And then, you know, a week later a picture comes out of us walking out of the grocery store: 'Oh, they're back together again!'"

The Honey Bee singer joked: "And another week goes by and we're not seen at the grocery store: 'They're divorcing!'"