Michelle Obama
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But the one thing I always, always knew I wanted to be was a mother.
For sure.
I mean, it is the most important thing.
And I knew that from a long, long time.
And that's not always true.
I mean, we all come to motherhood in different ways for different reasons.
And there is no right way to be a mother.
That's for sure.
That's all I've learned.
But I'm wondering, Serena, did you feel that way?
Did you always want to be a mother?
throughout my life and I didn't know when you know I just didn't know when it was gonna happen but I always knew that there was one goal that I just definitely wanted to reach and that's becoming a mom yeah and then you start trying to be a mom which I did and I you know I I what they never what I was never told was that the biological clock was real and
And I try to tell a lot of young people that, a lot of young women, that that clock is real.
And Barack and I, we married in our late 20s, took our time hanging tough, and then we started...
working on conceiving.
I got pregnant once and miscarried, which was devastating.
And then we tried and tried and tried, and we had to do IVF for both girls, which, you know, it becomes, it's more of a thing than I knew then.
I think more young women are talking about their conception journey, that it's not always guaranteed.
But Serena, tell us,
If you feel comfortable about your conception journey.