Serena Williams Was ‘Terrified’ of Giving Birth
By Reuters
05 October 2019 |
4:50 pm
The 37-year-old tennis player wanted to keep her 2-year-old daughter, Olympia, inside her belly. She had researched so much about the birthing process and it scared her.
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