Michelle Obama Suffered A Miscarriage 20 Years Ago, Used IVF To Conceive

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Michelle Obama wants women across the world to know that they are not alone in their struggles to conceive. 

Ahead of the release of her memoir, Becoming, out Tuesday (November 13), the former first lady sat down for an interview with Robin Roberts, where she opened up about her past issues with fertility. 

Michelle revealed that she suffered a miscarriage when she and her husband, Barack Obama, started trying to have kids 20 years ago. "I felt lost and alone, and I felt like I failed," she said. "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." Adding, "I think it's the worst thing that we do to each other as women, not share the truth about our bodies, how they work and how they don't work."

In her forthcoming book, Michelle detailed her fertility struggles, explaining that it was hard on both her and Barack during that time. "It turns out that even two committed go-getters with a deep love and a robust work ethic can't will themselves into being pregnant," she wrote. 

The couple eventually turned to In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) to conceive their now 20-year-old and 17-year-old daughters, Malia and Sasha, respectively. "The biological clock is real because egg production is limited,” she told Robin. “And I realized that as I was 34 and 35 ― we had to do IVF."

Michelle's full interview with Robin airs Sunday (November 11) at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. 

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