Michelle Obama has been deemed as one of the most influential women of today. With her works and inside and outside the White House, she has become a very well-loved personality in almost all parts of the globe.
Last year, she released her memoir titled, Becoming. In it, several revelations were shared with the world about her personal life. This was quite surprising considering that the former First Lady and her husband, the former president, Barack Obama value their privacy in terms of their personal lives.
But, in her latest memoir, she revealed her miscarriage and how it changed her perspectives for good.
As shared by Vox, Michelle Obama broke her silence about the stigma surrounding pregnancy loss and infertility. Through her book, she revealed the details of her own experiences of miscarriage and IVF solutions.
More than two decades ago, the former First Lady and the U.S President got pregnant shortly after tying the knot. It was one of the moments that made them forget about all of their worries, as revealed by Michelle. Unfortunately, she had a miscarriage a few weeks later, which left her "broken" and feeling all "alone and failed."
Michelle Obama continued to share that she and Barack tried to get pregnant again. But, it was not going well, which made things much worse as she felt "physically uncomfortable" that shattered all "optimism" that they had.
During her mid-30s, she had a sit-down interview with ABC's Good Morning, America. By this time, she unveiled that she has a "growing awareness" and an understanding of the so-called "biological clock." Because of this, she thought of and sought fertility treatments, like IVF.
It was further shared by Michelle Obama that she had a lot of hormone shots. While her husband works arduously at the state legislature, she was "manipulating" her reproductive system all alone in hopes of getting pregnant in the future.
Fortunately, all the treatments went well, and today, Michelle and Barack have two daughters, Malia, who is now 21, and Sasha, 18.
With her painful experiences about infertility and pregnancy loss, she understood how no one talks about such matters despite being very common to every woman. As it happens, there is always one miscarriage in every five pregnancies today.
But, because of her strength and courage to speak about these things, many reports and publications agreed that Michelle Obama has softened the stigma about infertility and miscarriage. In fact, it was even called the "Michelle Obama Effect" due to its positive impacts on many women in recent times.
