# I Am the Mother Too

I Am the Mother Too (Korean: 나도 엄마야; RR: Nado Eommaya) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Lee In-hye, Woo Hee-jin, Alex Chu, Park Joon-hyuk, and Moon Bo-ryung. The series airs daily on SBS from 8:40 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. (KST).

## Plot

A story of a woman who is a surrogate mother, overcoming hardships and hurts, finding true love and happiness, and how her maternal love transcends bloodline.

## Cast
### Main

* Lee In-hye as Yoon Ji-young
* Woo Hee-jin as Choi Kyung-shin
* Alex Chu as Shin Sang-hyuk
* Park Joon-hyuk [ko] as Shin Hyun-joon
* Moon Bo-ryung [ko] as Oh Hye-rim

### Supporting
#### Chairman Shin's family

* Park Geun-hyung as Shin Tae-jong
* Yoon Mi-ra as Lim Eun-ja
* Song Yoo-an as Yeo Min-kyung
* Joo Sang-hyuk as Shin Tae-woong

#### People around Ji-young

* Hong Yeo-jin as Jo Young-ran
* Jung Kyung-soon [ko] as Yoon Ki-sook
* Jung Han-heon [ko] as Ji Dong-man
* Jung Joo-won as Ji Bong-kyu
* Yoo In-hyuk [ko] as Ji Se-young
* Yoon Seo-hyun [ko] as Kang Sung-nam
* Park Joon-seok [ko] as Young-kyu

#### Extended

* Kim Tae-hee as prof. Kim Seon-jeong
* Ji Chan [ko] as Jung Jin-kook
* Lee Jung-hoon [ko] as chief Moon
* Yoon Seung-hoon [ko] as Park Chang-hoon
* Kim Chang-hwan [ko] as Han Dong-soo
* Kim Eun-hye as Noh Mi-hyun
* Choi Yeo-won as Jung Eun-chae
* Park Ga-ram [ko] as Jenny

## Ratings

* In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
* NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
* N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | May 28, 2018 | 9.5% | 6.7% | 7.5% (12th) | 6.8% (15th) |
| 2 | May 29, 2018 | 9.1% | 6.0% | 7.2% (10th) | 6.6% (15th) |
| 3 | May 30, 2018 | 9.0% | 5.8% | 6.5% (10th) | 5.9% (14th) |
| 4 | May 31, 2018 | 9.8% | 7.1% | 6.9% (11th) | 6.5% (13th) |
| 5 | June 1, 2018 | 9.1% | 6.3% | 7.1% (14th) | 6.5% (15th) |
| 6 | June 4, 2018 | 8.7% | 5.8% | 7.0% (13th) | 6.4% (18th) |
| 7 | June 5, 2018 | 8.7% | 5.9% | 7.0% (9th) | 6.6% (12th) |
| 8 | June 6, 2018 | 7.3% | 4.2% | 6.4% (14th) | 6.0% (13th) |
| 9 | June 7, 2018 | 8.0% | 5.3% | 7.1% (9th) | 6.8% (9th) |
| 10 | June 8, 2018 | 8.4% | 5.8% | 7.7% (11th) | 7.1% (12th) |
| 11 | June 11, 2018 | 9.2% | 6.7% | 6.9% (16th) | — |
| 12 | June 14, 2018 | 8.8% | 6.2% | 6.7% (12th) | 6.0% (14th) |
| 13 | June 15, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.4% | 7.3% (13th) | 6.3% (13th) |
| 14 | June 18, 2018 | 8.0% | 5.6% | 6.5% (17th) | 6.2% (16th) |
| 15 | June 19, 2018 | 9.0% | 6.7% | 7.5% (7th) | 6.8% (9th) |
| 16 | June 20, 2018 | 8.1% | 5.8% | 7.0% (9th) | 6.3% (15th) |
| 17 | June 21, 2018 | 8.5% | 6.3% | 7.4% (9th) | 6.9% (8th) |
| 18 | June 22, 2018 | 8.8% | 6.7% | 8.4% (10th) | 7.6% (12th) |
| 19 | June 25, 2018 | 9.5% | 7.5% | 7.3% (11th) | 6.2% (19th) |
| 20 | June 26, 2018 | 9.3% | 7.2% | 7.7% (12th) | 7.0% (15th) |
| 21 | June 27, 2018 | 9.6% | 7.6% | 7.8% (12th) | 7.2% (14th) |
| 22 | June 28, 2018 | 10.2% | 8.3% | 8.2% (10th) | 7.0% (12th) |
| 23 | June 29, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.9% | 7.6% (12th) | 6.8% (13th) |
| 24 | July 2, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.8% | 7.5% (16th) | 6.6% (20th) |
| 25 | July 3, 2018 | 9.8% | 8.0% | 7.5% (13th) | 6.7% (18th) |
| 26 | July 4, 2018 | 9.4% | 7.6% | 7.5% (8th) | 6.7% (9th) |
| 27 | July 5, 2018 | 9.8% | 8.1% | 8.3% (6th) | 7.5% (6th) |
| 28 | July 6, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.9% | 8.0% (7th) | 7.1% (8th) |
| 29 | July 9, 2018 | 9.5% | 7.6% | 8.1% (9th) | 6.7% (17th) |
| 30 | July 10, 2018 | 9.4% | 7.3% | 7.5% (11th) | 6.1% (17th) |
| 31 | July 11, 2018 | 10.2% | 8.5% | 7.4% (11th) | 7.0% (9th) |
| 32 | July 12, 2018 | 10.0% | 8.2% | 8.3% (6th) | 7.7% (6th) |
| 33 | July 13, 2018 | 10.2% | 8.4% | 7.3% (13th) | 6.5% (12th) |
| 34 | July 16, 2018 | 9.8% | 7.7% | 7.9% (7th) | 7.3% (12th) |
| 35 | July 17, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.5% | 7.2% (12th) | 6.0% (16th) |
| 36 | July 18, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.8% | 7.5% (7th) | 6.5% (9th) |
| 37 | July 19, 2018 | 10.0% | 8.2% | 7.9% (6th) | 6.9% (7th) |
| 38 | July 20, 2018 | 10.4% | 8.7% | 7.8% (11th) | 7.2% (11th) |
| 39 | July 23, 2018 | 10.1% | 8.3% | 7.5% (10th) | 6.8% (15th) |
| 40 | July 24, 2018 | 10.2% | 8.5% | 7.6% (9th) | 6.8% (13th) |
| 41 | July 25, 2018 | 10.1% | 8.4% | 7.9% (9th) | 7.3% (9th) |
| 42 | July 26, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.9% | 8.0% (6th) | 7.1% (8th) |
| 43 | July 27, 2018 | 10.5% | 8.8% | 7.9% (11th) | 6.9% (11th) |
| 44 | July 30, 2018 | 9.6% | 7.5% | 7.6% (9th) | 6.3% (15th) |
| 45 | July 31, 2018 | 9.1% | 6.9% | 7.4% (8th) | 6.3% (12th) |
| 46 | August 1, 2018 | 8.5% | 6.2% | 7.7% (7th) | 7.0% (8th) |
| 47 | August 2, 2018 | 9.0% | 6.8% | 8.0% (5th) | 7.1% (7th) |
| 48 | August 3, 2018 | 8.9% | 6.5% | 7.9% (10th) | 6.6% (12th) |
| 49 | August 6, 2018 | 8.7% | 6.1% | 7.3% (11th) | 6.2% (16th) |
| 50 | August 7, 2018 | 9.3% | 6.8% | 7.7% (8th) | 6.6% (12th) |
| 51 | August 8, 2018 | 8.6% | 6.0% | 7.8% (7th) | 7.3% (6th) |
| 52 | August 9, 2018 | 9.5% | 7.1% | 8.2% (8th) | 6.9% (10th) |
| 53 | August 10, 2018 | 9.5% | 7.3% | 8.2% (12th) | 7.1% (12th) |
| 54 | August 13, 2018 | 9.4% | 7.2% | 8.1% (10th) | 7.3% (11th) |
| 55 | August 14, 2018 | 9.9% | 7.8% | 7.9% (8th) | 6.7% (10th) |
| 56 | August 15, 2018 | 8.3% | 6.1% | 7.2% (12th) | 6.3% (15th) |
| 57 | August 16, 2018 | 10.5% | 8.4% | 8.0% (8th) | 6.7% (10th) |
| 58 | August 17, 2018 | 9.6% | 7.3% | 8.8% (9th) | 7.7% (11th) |
| 59 | August 20, 2018 | 9.3% | 6.9% | 8.6% (7th) | 7.4% (9th) |
| 60 | August 21, 2018 | 9.9% | 7.6% | 8.2% (7th) | 6.9% (11th) |
| 61 | August 22, 2018 | 9.9% | 7.5% | 7.8% (8th) | 7.0% (11th) |
| 62 | August 23, 2018 | 10.6% | 8.3% | 8.5% (9th) | 7.0% (11th) |
| 63 | August 27, 2018 | 10.7% | 8.8% | 8.6% (8th) | 7.2% (15th) |
| 64 | August 28, 2018 | 10.6% | 8.6% | 8.5% (8th) | 7.4% (14th) |
| 65 | August 29, 2018 | 9.9% | 7.6% | 7.8% (14th) | 7.0% (NR) |
| 66 | August 30, 2018 | 10.5% | 8.3% | 8.4% (7th) | 7.1% (8th) |
| 67 | August 31, 2018 | 10.3% | 8.0% | 8.4% (9th) | 7.1% (10th) |
| 68 | September 3, 2018 | 9.6% | — | 8.1% (12th) | 6.9% (15th) |
| 69 | September 4, 2018 | 10.7% | — | 8.4% (7th) | 7.4% (10th) |
| 70 | September 5, 2018 | 10.3% | — | 7.9% (7th) | 6.9% (9th) |
| 71 | September 6, 2018 | 10.6% | — | 8.7% (5th) | 7.5% (8th) |
| 72 | September 7, 2018 | 11.0% | — | 8.6% (10th) | 7.4% (11th) |
| 73 | September 10, 2018 | 9.5% | — | 8.3% (9th) | 7.0% (14th) |
| 74 | September 11, 2018 | 10.1% | — | 8.3% (7th) | 7.1% (8th) |
| 75 | September 12, 2018 | — | — | 9.3% (5th) | 8.6% (4th) |
| 76 | September 13, 2018 | 9.6% | — | 8.7% (6th) | 7.5% (9th) |
| 77 | September 14, 2018 | — | — | 10.0% (7th) | 8.6% (9th) |
| 78 | September 17, 2018 | 9.7% | — | 8.3% (8th) | 6.8% (13th) |
| 79 | September 21, 2018 | 10.0% | — | 8.9% (10th) | 7.6% (11th) |
| 80 | September 24, 2018 | — | — | 3.2% (NR) | — |
| 81 | September 25, 2018 | 7.2% | — | 6.1% (16th) | 5.9% (16th) |
| 82 | September 26, 2018 | 7.8% | — | 7.2% (14th) | 6.9% (14th) |
| 83 | September 27, 2018 | 10.2% | — | 9.2% (7th) | 8.3% (8th) |
| 84 | September 28, 2018 | 10.7% | — | 9.2% (8th) | 8.3% (11th) |
| 85 | October 1, 2018 | 9.6% | — | 8.9% (7th) | 7.3% (14th) |
| 86 | October 2, 2018 | 10.2% | — | 8.7% (5th) | 7.7% (6th) |
| 87 | October 3, 2018 | — | — | 7.8% (11th) | 6.7% (15th) |
| 88 | October 4, 2018 | — | — | 9.3% (7th) | 8.3% (8th) |
| 89 | October 5, 2018 | — | — | 9.6% (9th) | 8.4% (10th) |
| 90 | October 8, 2018 | 9.6% | — | 9.2% (6th) | 8.6% (7th) |
| 91 | October 9, 2018 | 9.1% | — | 7.8% (11th) | 7.5% (12th) |
| 92 | October 10, 2018 | 9.4% | — | 9.4% (5th) | 8.8% (5th) |
| 93 | October 11, 2018 | 10.8% | — | 9.3% (5th) | 8.4% (8th) |
| 94 | October 12, 2018 | 10.0% | — | 8.6% (10th) | 7.2% (13th) |
| 95 | October 15, 2018 | 10.4% | — | 8.7% (7th) | 7.3% (10th) |
| 96 | October 16, 2018 | 11.1% | — | 9.5% (6th) | 8.4% (7th) |
| 97 | October 17, 2018 | 10.2% | — | 9.3% (7th) | 8.3% (6th) |
| 98 | October 18, 2018 | 10.9% | — | 9.5% (6th) | 8.2% (10th) |
| 99 | October 19, 2018 | 11.0% | — | 9.3% (7th) | 7.9% (9th) |
| 100 | October 22, 2018 | 10.6% | — | 8.6% (7th) | 7.2% (9th) |
| 101 | October 23, 2018 | 10.7% | — | 8.7% (5th) | 7.6% (9th) |
| 102 | October 24, 2018 | 10.5% | — | 9.8% (6th) | 8.9% (6th) |
| 103 | October 25, 2018 | 10.9% | — | 9.2% (8th) | 7.9% (11th) |
| 104 | October 26, 2018 | 11.9% | — | 9.5% (10th) | 8.6% (11th) |
| 105 | October 29, 2018 | 10.8% | — | 9.5% (7th) | 8.7% (7th) |
| 106 | October 30, 2018 | 11.0% | — | 10.1% (5th) | 8.8% (6th) |
| 107 | October 31, 2018 | 11.5% | — | 9.6% (6th) | 8.7% (7th) |
| 108 | November 1, 2018 | 11.2% | — | 9.9% (8th) | 8.7% (12th) |
| 109 | November 2, 2018 | 9.5% | — | 7.2% (12th) | 6.7% (13th) |
| 110 | November 5, 2018 | 10.7% | — | 10.2% (6th) | 9.0% (7th) |
| 111 | November 6, 2018 | 11.3% | — | 9.8% (6th) | 8.6% (6th) |
| 112 | November 7, 2018 | — | — | 9.3% (5th) | 7.9% (10th) |
| 113 | November 8, 2018 | — | — | 10.1% (5th) | 8.5% (13th) |
| 114 | November 9, 2018 | — | — | 10.3% (5th) | 9.0% (8th) |
| 115 | November 12, 2018 | 11.2% | — | 9.6% (7th) | 8.5% (8th) |
| 116 | November 13, 2018 | 11.5% | — | 9.4% (7th) | 8.2% (9th) |
| 117 | November 14, 2018 | 11.0% | — | 9.4% (7th) | 8.2% (10th) |
| 118 | November 15, 2018 | 11.2% | — | 9.5% (9th) | 8.8% (10th) |
| 119 | November 16, 2018 | 11.3% | — | 9.5% (9th) | 7.9% (12th) |
| 120 | November 19, 2018 | 11.6% | — | 9.2% (7th) | 7.9% (9th) |
| 121 | November 20, 2018 | 10.8% | — | 10.2% (6th) | 9.3% (7th) |
| 122 | November 21, 2018 | 11.4% | — | 9.8% (6th) | 9.0% (6th) |
| 123 | November 22, 2018 | 11.8% | — | 10.3% (7th) | 9.4% (7th) |
| 124 | November 23, 2018 | 12.0% | — | 10.0% (8th) | 8.8% (7th) |
| Average | Average | — | — | 8.27% | — |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily and Weekend Drama | Woo Hee-jin | Nominated | |
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily and Weekend Drama | Alex Chu | Nominated | |