Former US First Lady Michelle Obama Michelle Obama continues to open up about her fertility journey and the hardships she faced along the way – despite thinking she had it all figured out. “You imagine your life as you’re checking boxes,” the former first lady said during an appearance on The Diary of A CEO podcast released Wednesday. “I’m waiting, I delayed having kids, I’ve found the love of my life, and now I’m gonna get pregnant,” Obama shared. “And no one tells you that there really is a biological clock – like, that’s not false.” Obama spoke about listening to someone talk about women’s fertility recently, and her first thought was, “Why didn’t anybody tell me this? Why weren’t people talking about this?”Obama said that by the time she and her husband, Barack, started really trying – “which worked perfectly for our careers and maturing and having everything set” – they began to run into roadblocks. “While we’re waiting for our lives to be perfect, that biological clock is ticking,” she said of their experience.