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We reported just yesterday that Jenna Bush Hager announced she was pregnant with her third child at 37 years old! It was an exciting reveal as she announced it live on air, earning shocked and happy responses from her TODAY co-anchors. However, it hasn’t been all sunshine and happiness on Jenna’s end as she experiences guilt over being able to get pregnant when other women can’t.
TODAY co-anchor Hoda Kotb, recently welcomed a daughter into her family by way of adoption and called in while on maternity leave to congratulate Jenna. Kotb actually knew about the pregnancy well before the official announcement was made.
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โJenna, first of all, youโre amazing. And when you told me that you were pregnant, I still remember because โฆ we were wondering about adoption issues, but listening to you, I was praying,โ Kotb sharedย โAnd you said, โOh Hoda, I feel so bad.โ I said, โPlease donโt!โ I was literally kind of holding onto a little secret and look at us, now itโs all out in the open.โ
That’s when Jenna called her mom, Laura Bush, and was open about her feelings of guilt that people she knew had infertility issues and could not conceive.
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What was Laura Bush’s advice to her daughter?
She said, “Everybody gets their babies when theyโre supposed to.”
Jenna also revealed that โMy mom and her mom before herย struggled with infertility forever, and so I thought that was a beautiful thing to say.โ The newly expecting mom continued on, saying, โI donโt take this lightly. I know how blessed and lucky I am. Itโs an amazing gift. So Hoda, thank you forย your love and happiness and supportย โ and give that baby a kiss.โ
Jenna’s pregnancy news came the same day that fellowย TODAY star Dylan Dreyer revealed that she and husband Brian Fichera are experiencing secondary infertility and had a miscarriage. It’s no secret as to why Jenna would be feeling so much guilt, but everyone is rallying behind her to help her feel that her pregnancy and her happiness from it is absolutely validated.
โWhen we came in, I saw Dylanโs post and my heart sank for her because I think we all, at some point, have struggled with something,โ Jenna said, to which Dreyer responded with, โEven if you knew I was doing this story today, I would never ever want to have that be the reason why you didnโt announce this today. This is so amazing! Myย sadness does not take away from your joy.โ
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