Hoda & Savannah on Being a Mom

The morning-show coanchors open up about their journeys to motherhood - including a few bumps in the road - and how they juggle the responsibilities of work and home.

-  KAYLA KEEGAN

On the Cover

SAVANNAH: LELA ROSE

DRESS: JENNIFER BEHR

NECKLACE: JENNIFER MILLER

JEWELRY RING (RIGHT HAND).

HODA: KATE SPADE NEW YORK

FROM RENT THE RUNWAY

DRESS: LAUREN RALPH LAUREN

EARRINGS: MACYS.COM; JOANNA LAURA CONSTANTINE

BANGLES" ASTRID & MIYU TENNIS BRACELET.

Mom Friends “We share parenting tips, we vent, we look at endless photos of each other’s children,” says Savannah Guthrie, below right. “We don’t take our connection for granted.”

Savannah Guthrie, 50, and Hoda Kotb, 57, coanchors of NBC's Today show, both dreamed of being parents. But sometimes life makes those plans complicated. In 2007, a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment left Hoda unable to bear children. At 41, Savannah doubted that she'd be able to conceive; after having her first child, she experienced a miscarriage and went through two rounds of IVF. Now she and husband Michael Feldman are parents to Vale, 7, and Charley, 5. After she recovered from cancer, Hoda, with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman, adopted Haley, now 5, in 2017 and, two years later, Hope, now 3. In an intimate chat with Good Housekeeping, they reflect on their good fortune, some hard-earned lessons and the importance of their friendship.

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