Michelle Obama Reveals Miscarriage and IVF Struggle
*Michelle Obama is opening up about one of the most painful chapters of her personal life – a miscarriage she described as utterly devastating, and the fertility journey that followed, OK! reports During a recent episode of her “IMO Podcast,” the former first lady spoke candidly about the struggles she and former President Barack Obama […] The post Michelle Obama Reveals Miscarriage and IVF Struggle appeared first on EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More.
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*Michelle Obama is opening up about one of the most painful chapters of her personal life – a miscarriage she described as utterly devastating, and the fertility journey that followed, OK! reports
During a recent episode of her “IMO Podcast,” the former first lady spoke candidly about the struggles she and former President Barack Obama faced before welcoming their two daughters. The couple ultimately turned to in vitro fertilization to conceive both Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24.
“I got pregnant once and miscarried, which was devastating,” Michelle shared. “We tried and tried and tried, and we had to do IVF for both girls, which is more of a thing than I knew then. More young women are talking about their conception journey, that it’s not always guaranteed.”
She also addressed the pregnancy loss previously in her bestselling 2018 memoir, “Becoming,” capturing the emotional whiplash of hope giving way to heartbreak. “We had one pregnancy test come back positive, which caused us both to forget every worry and swoon with joy, but a couple of weeks later I had a miscarriage, which left me physically uncomfortable and cratered any optimism we felt,” she wrote.
The cultural silence around pregnancy loss made processing the experience even more isolating. During a prior “Good Morning America” appearance, Michelle admitted, “I felt like I failed because I didn’t know how common miscarriages were because we don’t talk about them. We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we’re broken.”
Her choice to pursue IVF at 34 came after confronting hard truths about reproductive health. “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.
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