In her new memoir, Becoming, Michelle Obama reveals that she suffered a miscarriage in her thirties and experienced fertility issues while trying to have children with her husband, former president Barack Obama. Ultimately, the couple conceived their daughters, Sasha and Malia, through in vitro fertilization—something Michelle dealt with largely on her own as Barack was away serving the state legislature. As the former First Lady details in her book, she had to administer the shots that are a part of in vitro fertilization many times herself.
Obama opened up more about this experience to Robin Roberts on Good Morning America Friday (November 9). “I felt like I failed because I didn't know how common miscarriages were because we don't talk about them,” she said. “We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we’re broken.”
. @MichelleObama to @RobinRoberts: "I think it's the worst thing that we do to each other as women, not share the truth about our bodies." Watch the @ABC special covering her journey to motherhood and more from her memoir, "Becoming," Sunday night 9/8c. https://t.co/ONXwpuZ3WF pic.twitter.com/IoWLQSLuGd
— Good Morning America (@GMA) November 9, 2018 She continued, "That's one of the reasons why I think it's important to talk to young mothers about the fact that miscarriages happen.” In the interview, Obama says she realized the "biological clock is real" around age 34 or 35 and that "egg production is limited." "We had to do IVF," Obama told Roberts.
Ultimately, Obama hopes opening up about her struggles will help other women going through similar experiences. “I think it's the worst thing that we do to each other as women, not share the truth about our bodies and how they work," she said.
Becoming will hit bookstores and e-reader platforms everywhere on Tuesday, November 13.
Taken from GLAMOUR US. Read the original here.
