塞雷娜·威廉姆斯的故事关于她的分娩并发症可能挽救另一位母亲的生命

像大多数母亲一样,小威廉姆斯是可爱地迷恋她的新包的快乐从一开始,女儿亚历克西斯奥林匹亚。在2018年的一次采访中,封面拍摄时尚职业网球运动员甚至说,“我们不是呆一天分开,直到她的18岁”。尽管她开玩笑(可能),新妈妈也有一些非常严重的事情要说亚历克西斯的交付和随后的并发症。

后有一个剖腹产当她2017年9月欢迎Alexis,小威有愉悦的体验感觉她女儿躺在她的胸部,但是,她说,“一切都坏了。”She went on to explain that because of her history of blood clots, she immediately knew something was wrong when she began experiencing shortness of breath. Due to her surgery, Serena wasn't taking her normal medication to keep the clots under control, which made her worry about having another pulmonary embolism (a life-threatening condition that occurs when blood clots travel to the lungs). She knew she needed a CT scan, but the doctors didn't listen and ordered a doppler instead. When nothing showed up on the ultrasound, she begged the doctors for a CT scan, and sure enough, she was right —瑟瑞娜有几个血凝块在她的肺部。

她还透露,她猛烈的咳嗽,肺栓塞的副作用导致她剖腹产切口打开。当她回到手术,医生发现血肿,是凝结的血液的肿胀,埋进了她的腹部。最后,瑟瑞娜不得不忍受另一个手术,医生把一个过滤器主要静脉,以防止更多的凝块转移到她的肺部。然后,运动员在接下来的几周内恢复。

瑟瑞娜的丈夫,亚历克西斯说,“考虑一会儿你的身体是这个星球上最伟大的事情之一,你被困在它。”The uncertainty and frustration got to Serena, as it would any new mother. "Sometimes I get really down and feel like, 'Man, I can't do this,'" she said. "It's that same negative attitude I have on the court sometimes." But since Serena has never been one to quit, she's been recovering and soaking up每一个珍贵的第二个新爱的她的生命。和她分享了她的故事后不久,她在Facebook上伸出手来“粉丝”对新妈妈是多么的重要,尤其是黑人女性,知道发生了什么,他们的身体:

是的,她进入母亲不是一个大满贯冠军,但现在她的新角色安顿下来,你可以打赌她摆动和她以前一样难。