Former supermodel opens up on fertility issues at 41!

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September 16, 2015 4:29 PM

Former supermodel Tyra Banks breaks down as she realizes she may not be able to conceive at forty one after failed fertility treatments

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks has opened up on her fertility issues as she reveals she's recorded failed treatments leaving her traumatic.

The forty one year old successful entrepreneur and host of '' who has been dating her fifty year old photographer boyfriend Erik Asla is not happy she may not be able to have kids afterall after several failed IVF procedures in the hopes of conceiving.

"When I turned 40, the one thing I was not happy about is that I did not have kids, I'm like, damn, the clock is ticking! Since I was 24, I used to say every year, I will have kids in three years, I kept saying it over and over again. Because my business is very entrepreneurial. I'm not for hire, so I have to do everything. I kept trying to find that time for that to happen."

"When you're like, OK, I'm just going to do it, then it's not so easy as you get older. I've had some not happy moments with that, very traumatic moments, It's difficult as you get older. It's not something that can just happen."

"I hope [for kids], I don't just want one child. I want a litter! And I want to be the kind of mom where my child can come to me for anything." Tyra Banks, media mogul and former supermodel opened up to People Magazine.

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