Staying active during pregnancy— such as by hitting the court—can be benefi cial to a woman’s health
Serena Williams caught the world off guard in April when she revealed that she was 20 weeks pregnant. Even more surprising was that it meant she won the Australian Open while roughly two months along.
“I was nervous. I didn’t know what to think,” Williams said in an April TED Talk. “I just knew that at that moment, it was important for me to just focus right there.
“I didn’t have time to deal with any extra emotions—any extra anything—because pregnant or not, no one knew, and I was supposed to win that tournament.”
When the news broke, Tennis Channel analyst Lindsay Davenport—a mother of four—explained how much respect everyone has for Williams playing, and winning, the Australian Open.
“Being able to come through there not only physically, but also emotionally,” said Davenport, “is pretty remarkable.”
There was a time when physicians discouraged pregnant women from exercising for fear it could be harmful. Today, doctors believe the opposite is true.
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