Serena Williams is taking her fans into the harrowing first moments after her daughter, Olympia, was born.In a personal essayadapted from , an anthology collected by Amy Schumer and Christy Turlington Burns and shared with , the 40-year-old superstar athlete opens up about how advocating for herself after giving birth saved her life.
Describing the discovery of her pregnancy as her body having «switched allegiances,» Williams explains how her body before Olympia was dedicated to tennis and since becoming a mother «the stakes of the game have shifted for me.»«My body has belonged to tennis for so long.
I've suffered every injury imaginable, and I know my body,» she writes. «When I found out I was pregnant two days before the 2017 Australian Open, my body had already switched allegiances.
Its purpose, as far as it was concerned, was to grow and nurture this baby that had seemingly materialized, unplanned… Since I've had my baby, the stakes of the game have shifted for me.
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