Savannah Guthrie had both her children — Vale, 4, and Charley, 2 — after she turned 40. Now, the Today show co-anchor is opening up about the IVF treatments that made her second child possible. Click through the gallery for all the info and to find out why Savannah is speaking out now.
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“But with Charley, I did do IVF. So I would say Vale was a miracle, and Charley was a medical miracle,” she said.
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“When making that decision about whether to go through IVF, my husband and I talked about it a lot,” she explained. “I didn’t want to start a process where we spent all of our present searching after some future...when our present was so lovely and beautiful and enough.”
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At the same time, they wanted Vale to have a sibling. The couple decided to begin the IVF process.
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“It ended up taking more than one attempt. It took a few,” she confessed. “But we were lucky.”
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“I always say, Charley was, like, the last egg out. He really was. And we’re so blessed,” she continued. “Going through what we did, it makes you realize that everything has to go just right to have a healthy baby. I really feel for so many women who are struggling and wishing and wondering, ‘When’s it gonna be my turn?’ I know. And I understand.”
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Savannah said that even though she has such a busy schedule, she tries to keep perspective about being a mom.
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Savannah said that even though she has such a busy schedule, she tries to keep perspective about being a mom.
“I was playing with the kids last night after bath time, and they were rolling around and twisting all over the place. And I couldn’t get a diaper on one and the lotion on the other, and I was thinking, ‘Oh, it’s so crazy,’” she explained.
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“But then I thought to myself, ‘What if instead of just seeing this as overwhelming and insane, I thought, This is abundance. I am abundantly blessed with this gaggle of crazy kids, running around naked, and trying to wrangle them.’” Savannah continued. “Ten years ago, I would have dreamed of that moment.”
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What do you think of Savannah revealing her IVF journey? Sound off in the comments!
“But with Charley, I did do IVF. So I would say Vale was a miracle, and Charley was a medical miracle,” she said.
“When making that decision about whether to go through IVF, my husband and I talked about it a lot,” she explained. “I didn’t want to start a process where we spent all of our present searching after some future...when our present was so lovely and beautiful and enough.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
At the same time, they wanted Vale to have a sibling. The couple decided to begin the IVF process.
“It ended up taking more than one attempt. It took a few,” she confessed. “But we were lucky.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
“I always say, Charley was, like, the last egg out. He really was. And we’re so blessed,” she continued. “Going through what we did, it makes you realize that everything has to go just right to have a healthy baby. I really feel for so many women who are struggling and wishing and wondering, ‘When’s it gonna be my turn?’ I know. And I understand.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Savannah said that even though she has such a busy schedule, she tries to keep perspective about being a mom.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“I was playing with the kids last night after bath time, and they were rolling around and twisting all over the place. And I couldn’t get a diaper on one and the lotion on the other, and I was thinking, ‘Oh, it’s so crazy,’” she explained.
“But then I thought to myself, ‘What if instead of just seeing this as overwhelming and insane, I thought, This is abundance. I am abundantly blessed with this gaggle of crazy kids, running around naked, and trying to wrangle them.’” Savannah continued. “Ten years ago, I would have dreamed of that moment.”
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What do you think of Savannah revealing her IVF journey? Sound off in the comments!
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