Olivia Munn found a silver lining in one of her life’s biggest disappointments. 

After the X-Men actress welcomed her son Malcolm, 3, with husband John Mulaney in 2021, she knew she “really wanted” to carry her second Méi, 6 months, but her 2023 breast cancer diagnosis kept the dream from becoming a reality. 

“I knew that it would put my life at risk,” Olivia explained to Self magazine in a video shared to Instagram April 10, noting that she tried out a hormone medication to keep her cancer under control so she could carry her second baby, however, she added: “those drugs were incredibly debilitating. I was just in bed all the time.”

As she put it of her day-to-day life on the medication, “I had maybe two hours of actual ability to interact with people and play with my son.”

So, the 44-year-old knew she had to make a change.