Becoming a mother is a milestone for any woman. And Hoda Kotb of course, is no exception. The famous television broadcaster is now opening up about her heartbreaking journey towards motherhood.
Keep reading to know more about what Hoda went through to become a mom.
Hoda Kotb recently did a podcast where she shared details of her adoption journey, which gave her her daughters, 6-year-old Haley and 3-year-old Hope. The American television broadcaster shared that before she adopted her daughter Haley she was ashamed and afraid to admit her want to be a mother.
The 58-year-old said, “I remember never saying out loud that I wanted kids, never, because it was too late,” adding, “For girls that it’s too late for, you don’t say it because if you say it, you’re expressing something that you’re never going to get.”
But after seeing signs that it was never too late and she still had time, she decided to make the brave leap and contact an adoption agency to get the ball rolling for her to become a mother.
“I filled out all the paperwork and did all the stuff that you do, and they’re like, ‘Okay, maybe a year, maybe six months, maybe five years, bye,'” she said.
She became emotional when recounting the moment she found out she would be a mother. “I was sitting there, and I was doing some phone call with some nutritionist about something and babbling on and on. My phone beeped, and I looked at it, and it said Ashley, and Ashley was the lady from my adoption agency, and she said, ‘If I ever text you, you need to call me back immediately,” she said. “I saw her name, I hung up the phone, I took a yellow pad out, and I wrote, ’11:55. This is the moment everything changes,’ I knew it,” she continued. “And I took a deep breath and dialed the number, and I said, ‘Ashley?’ and she said two words to me. She said, ‘She’s here.'”
“I don’t know what birth feels like, and I bet it was amazing, but this was really close,” the daytime host shared through tears. “I remember that feeling like it was yesterday.”
This past Mother’s Day, Kotb shared an emotional post about being a mother. She posted pictures of her beloved daughters and wrote, “Happy mother’s day! Hopey and Haley— you made me what I had always dreamed of becoming— a mother. And to my mom— nothing was even possible without your love xoxo.”
In March, Kotb’s youngest daughter landed in the ICU, which prompted her to take time away from her hosting duties on the Today Show. She updated fans about how her daughter was doing a lot better but that it had been a challenging experience to see her daughter in the hospital nonetheless.
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