'I can really take my time and enjoy our kids': Savannah Guthrie, 47, details the perks of becoming a mom in her 40s, admitting she feels less 'pressure' to balance motherhood and career goals
- Mother-of-two Savannah opened up about what it meant to her to become a mother at a later stage in life
- The 47-year-old Today co-anchor said being an older mom comes with perks
- She added that she feels less pressure than she thinks she would if she was in her twenties or thirties, during which time she was career-focused
- 'Now, I can really take my time and enjoy our kids,' she said
- Savannah and husband Michael Feldman, 50, had their daughter, Vale, four, in 2014 and their son, Charley, two, in 2016
- The journalist, who used IVF on her second pregnancy, previously opened up about being scared and superstitious of becoming a mother at an older age
Savannah Guthrie has revealed how becoming a mother later in life enabled her to feel like she can really 'take her time' with her children.
The 47-year-old journalist and her husband Michael Feldman, 50, had their daughter, Vale, four, in 2014 and their second child, Charley, who is now two-years-old, in 2016 when Savannah was in her mid-40s.
But despite having kids at an older age than is typically expected, Savannah has said that doing so has come with some great perks - despite having initial fears about whether her age would pose any risk to her babies.
![Family: Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, pictured with her family, has opened up about becoming a mother at a later stage than usual in life](http://web.archive.org./web/20190425061302/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/20/12675252-6956353-image-a-175_1556135926677.jpg)
Family: Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, pictured with her family, has opened up about becoming a mother at a later stage than usual in life
![Love: 'I always wanted to be a mom, and it took us so long to get married - we dated for so long - that we thought maybe it was too late and we'd lost our chance,' the 47-year-old said](http://web.archive.org./web/20190425061302/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/20/12675330-6956353-image-m-146_1556134663663.jpg)
Love: 'I always wanted to be a mom, and it took us so long to get married - we dated for so long - that we thought maybe it was too late and we'd lost our chance,' the 47-year-old said
The Today co-anchor, who began dating husband Michael in 2009 before they tied the knot in 2014, told People: 'I always wanted to be a mom, and it took us so long to get married - we dated for so long - that we thought maybe it was too late and we'd lost our chance.
![Journey: Savannah and Michael began dating in 2009, and married in 2014, when they announced that they were expecting](http://web.archive.org./web/20190425061302/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/21/12675316-6956353-Journey_As_seen_earlier_this_year_Savannah_and_Michael_began_dat-m-176_1556136028081.jpg)
Journey: Savannah and Michael began dating in 2009, and married in 2014, when they announced that they were expecting
'When we found out we were pregnant, I don't think there were two happier people on this planet,' she added.
Savannah added that she didn't mind becoming a mother an an older age than normal, as she said the pressure isn't as intense for her now as it would have been when she was a few years ago.
The mother-of-two explained that during a person's twenties and thirties, they are typically trying to kick-start their career.
She explained: 'I definitely have a good head on my shoulders, I am able to prioritize, and I think there's a luxury to feel calm enough and not to feel the same pressures as in your 20s and 30s, when you are really trying to make your career happen.
'Now, I can really take my time and enjoy our kids,' she added. 'We feel so lucky to have each other.'
And Savannah isn't alone in choosing to start a family at a slighter later stage in life than usual.
Fellow Today Show co-star Hoda Kotb opened up about how her 'blessings seem to be coming later in life' in a personal story she wrote for Today.
![Ease: Savannah said becoming a mother at a later stage has meant that she isn't faced with as many pressures as she would have been in her twenties and thirties](http://web.archive.org./web/20190425061302/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/21/12675262-6956353-Ease_Savannah_said_becoming_a_mother_at_a_later_stage_has_meant_-a-185_1556137297545.jpg)
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Ease: Savannah said becoming a mother at a later stage has meant that she isn't faced with as many pressures as she would have been in her twenties and thirties
![Lifestyle: She said being slightly older allows her to have more time to enjoy her children as she is able to 'prioritize' things](http://web.archive.org./web/20190425061302/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/21/12675308-6956353-image-m-177_1556136128614.jpg)
Lifestyle: She said being slightly older allows her to have more time to enjoy her children as she is able to 'prioritize' things
![Happy: 'Now, I can really take my time and enjoy our kids,' Savannah said, before adding: 'We feel so lucky to have each other'](http://web.archive.org./web/20190425061302/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/20/12675304-6956353-image-m-153_1556135014940.jpg)
Happy: 'Now, I can really take my time and enjoy our kids,' Savannah said, before adding: 'We feel so lucky to have each other'
She said: 'At 30, I was panicking about not being married and not having kids. Then I did get married and it didn't work.
'I got breast cancer. Everything was falling apart.
'And you’re thinking to yourself, my windows are closing left and right - I don’t know what to do or where to go.'
Hoda adopted her first daughter Haley Joy at the age of 52.
And just last week the talk-show co-anchor announced that she had adopted a second child, Hope Catherine.
According to a 2014 CDC report, the average age of women having their first child has risen over the past four decades.
Since 2000, over 40 U.S. states have seen an increase in the first-birth rare for women over the age of 35.
It isn't the first time Savannah has opened up about her personal life, and her journey toward having children.
The Today show co-anchor revealed she was scared to be pregnant at the age of 45, as she said she said she was hoping everything would turn out okay.
![Familiar: Similarly, Today show co-anchor Hoda Kotb, 54, (pictured with her family) opened up about how her 'blessings seem to be coming later in life' last spring](http://web.archive.org./web/20190425061302/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/20/12675492-6956353-image-m-150_1556134957309.jpg)
Familiar: Similarly, Today show co-anchor Hoda Kotb, 54, (pictured with her family) opened up about how her 'blessings seem to be coming later in life' last spring
![Exciting: The broadcaster adopted her first daughter Haley Joy (pictured) at the age of 52 and just last week she announced that she had adopted a second child, Hope Catherine](http://web.archive.org./web/20190425061302/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/24/20/12675484-6956353-image-m-162_1556135089760.jpg)
Exciting: The broadcaster adopted her first daughter Haley Joy (pictured) at the age of 52 and just last week she announced that she had adopted a second child, Hope Catherine
Speaking to People in 2017 after giving birth to her first baby Vale, she said she was superstitious about her first baby.
As a result she didn't even buy many things for her newborn before giving birth.
She said: 'I'm 45 years old, and I'm so, so lucky. 'I was just hoping that everything would turn out okay.'
Similarly, the mother-of-two opened up about how she did IVF on her second pregnancy to Health magazine earlier this year.
'I knew it was the winning lottery ticket to have one child - I was 42 when I had her. So I never dreamed that I would have two. But with Charley, I did do IVF,' she said.
'So I would say Vale was a miracle, and Charley was a medical miracle. When making that decision about whether to go through IVF, my husband and I talked about it a lot. 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.
'But I also knew I would love for Vale to have a sibling- especially because we are older, it was important to me for her to have a sibling, somebody to do life with,' she added.