Michelle Obama Suffered A Miscarriage, Daughters Malia, Sasha Conceived Through In Vitro Fertilization

Michelle Obama previously went through a dark time in her life during the early years of her marriage to Barack Obama.

In her memoir “Becoming,” the ex-FLOTUS revealed that she suffered a miscarriage years ago. Michelle said that while she and her husband were trying for a baby, they were so happy to get a positive pregnancy result. But shortly after, their happiness turned to sadness.

“A miscarriage is lonely, painful, and demoralizing almost on a cellular level. When you have one, you will likely mistake it for a personal failure, which it is not. Or a tragedy, which, regardless of how utterly devastating it feels in the moment, it also is not. What nobody tells you is that miscarriage happens all the time, to more women than you’d ever guess, given the relative silence around it,” she said.

The former first lady also revealed that her two daughters, Malia and Sasha were conceived through in vitro fertilization. Now 21 and 18 years old, respectively, Malia and Sasha are in college.

While speaking with People, Michelle said that it was emotional dropping her youngest daughter off to college. But just all of the other experiences they shared as a family, the Obamas wanted to make things as normal as possible.

Barack and Michelle helped Sasha unpack at her dorm room, and they also made sure that her dorm would feel like home.

Meanwhile, the ex-FLOTUS also revealed that she and the former POTUS went to couple therapy sessions after she found herself constantly feeling vulnerable while the ex-president of the United States was traveling.

“I had to learn how to express that to my husband, to tap into those parts of me that missed him — and the sadness that came from that — so that he could understand. He didn’t understand the distance in the same way… I always thought love was up close. Love is the dinner table, love is consistency, it is presence. So I had to share my vulnerability and also learn to love differently,” she said.