While sitting down with Angie Martinez, Ciara opened up about womanhood, timing, and the reality many women quietly carry on their shoulders. She didn’t tiptoe around it either.
“The biological clock for women is a real thing,” Ciara said. “And for men too. But I’m gonna speak for us. We can’t go backwards. So I’m not letting somebody waste my time. That’s a rule.”
Ciara explained that it took time to fully grasp the weight of aging in a society that often asks women to be patient, flexible, and endlessly forgiving of other people’s indecision. Once that understanding clicked, her mindset shifted.
“When you understand the significance of looking back and realizing you can’t get those years back, it changes everything,” she continued. “You’re not going to keep robbing me of my years.”
“So I’m not letting somebody waste my time. Like that’s a rule. And once I started to understand the value of how the clock does not wiggle, it’s like, ‘wait a minute. Like what are we doing?'”
The idea of a “biological clock” is often oversimplified or dismissed, but it refers to something very real, including ovarian aging and the natural changes in fertility that happen as women get older. For some, that awareness shows up as pressure. For others, it becomes motivation to make thoughtful, intentional choices about relationships, careers, and family planning.
Today, more women are finding ways to reclaim that control. Fertility testing offers insight instead of guesswork. Options like egg freezing, IVF, and donor eggs create flexibility where there was none before. Still, the emotional and social weight can remain heavy.
Ciara’s perspective comes from experience. When she met Russell Wilson in 2015, she was already a mother to her son, Future Zahir. After marrying Wilson in 2016, they began building their family together, welcoming daughter Sienna Princess, son Win Harrison, and, most recently, baby Amora Princess in December 2023. The couple now shares four children and a life that reflects years of intentional decisions.
