How Many Kids Do Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann Have?

August Miklos Friedrich Hermann

August Hermann was born via emergency C-section on June 28, 2006 when Mariska was 42 years old. For the new mom, August was a long-time coming. "Nobody wanted to be pregnant more than me. From the minute I found out, I was wearing full-on maternity pants," she said. "My stomach was totally flat, mind you, but I was just so excited."

During her third trimester, Mariska was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, causing her to change her diet. "The first time you're pregnant, you're like, I gotta eat more! I have to make sure he has enough of every single food group! I did get into eating too much," she confessed. "This pregnancy was really hard for me at the end. I wasn't mobile."

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Amaya Josephine Hermann

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Mariska and Peter formally adopted their daughter Amaya from Africa on April 7, 2011. For the couple, adoption was always on the table. "Having lost my mom at a young age, I then grew up with my stepmom, and I have half siblings, and so I know that families can be built in all sorts of different ways, that there isn't just one way to create a family and that it isn't just about biology," she said in an interview with People.

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Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann

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Later that year, the couple adopted their third child, Andrew. After bringing him home on October 19, 2011, they were officially a family of five. "We adopted Amaya, and Andrew, I always describe [him] as this angel that fell out of the sky, because he was a little unexpected," she said, adding: "It's something that happened very quickly, when adoption can take a long time. We were so beautifully and surprisingly . . . not because we're not in sync, but surprisingly in sync about something so huge. So momentous."

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How Many Kids Do Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann Have?

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