Michelle Obama did IVF
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Anonymous
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"She also shares intimate details for the first time, for instance, that she and her husband had trouble getting pregnant, suffered a miscarriage, and that both daughters were conceived through in vitro fertilization. And that she did a great deal of this while her husband was away serving in the state legislature, leaving her to administer the shots that are a part of that process herself."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/in-revealing-new-memoir-michelle-obama-candidly-shares-her-story/2018/11/08/6bc1d2ca-e20e-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html?utm_term=.090a1edb890e |
Anonymous
| Wow, brave to share. |
Anonymous
Some things are private and your infertility is one of them! |
Anonymous
| I love her even more now, which I didn't think was possible. |
Anonymous
to each their own. i am personally glad she shared. |
Anonymous
I am so happy she shared this information! Especially for African American women. African American women often hide infertility and would be ashamed to admit they had infertility issues. This is a huge reveal that I think will do so much for black women trying to have children and having the same struggles. |
Anonymous
| i am glad she shared but i would never do so myself. |
Anonymous
Being a public figure is different. A few years ago Zuckerbergs @ facebook shared that they had two miscarriages in order to bring attention to the problem that most people quietly suffered and never talk about in public. It is beneficial to talk about it in order to bring exposure to the problem. Of course as a private person the public benefit of disclosure usually non-existent so why would you do it. |
Anonymous
| This is really validating to hear for me. Both of my kids were conceived through IVF, and I did the 5 cycles + D&C from miscarriage + surgery living cross-country from DH. I often felt isolated and like i was making terrible decisions...but maybe what I did wasn't so unusual. |
Anonymous
“I felt like I failed, because I didn't know how common miscarriages were because we don't talk about them,” Obama, 54, told Roberts of the incident that happened about two decades ago. “We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we’re broken. So, that's one of the reasons why I think it's important to talk to young mothers about the fact that miscarriages happen, and the biological clock is real.”" https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/11/09/michelle-obama-miscarriage-ivf-children-pregnancy-robin-roberts-gma/1940485002/ This is why this forum exists. |
Anonymous
I was coming here to say just this. I have heard a couple people (not many) imply that we black women are more fertile, and that infertility is a white women's thing. Clearly it is not, as we see from Michelle Obama, Gabrielle Union, and others, and getting it more out in the open is important to do. I luckily didn't have issues myself, but have had friends confide that they had miscarriages or trouble conceiving. |
Anonymous
If you don't start trying to have kids until your mid-30s, then you are going to have trouble no matter what race you are, that is the lesson here. |
Anonymous
I am very open about it because I feel like it should be normalized and I don't mind being the person to share. When I did share about two dozen people on FB privately messaged me to tell me about their story. Some even shared about non IVF non miscarriage stuff like broken marriages. A little vulnerability goes a long way, but I get that some people are private. |
Anonymous
| More power to her. Love her take. |
Anonymous
+1 What the Zuckerbergs did was great and did a lot to destigmatize miscarriage. A bunch of friends have also shared news about miscarriages on Facebook. And I have friends who speak openly about IVF/IUI etc. It's part of the deal if you want to try to have kids in your late thirties/early forties. |