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As Blood Clots Rattled Wife Serena Williams, Alexis Ohanian Disclosed Intimate Thoughts in a Rare 2018 Video – ‘I Was Terrified..’

Published 03/20/2023, 12:31 PM EDT

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Even after becoming a new father, Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian was heartbroken to hear of the American tennis legend’s and his wife’s serious postpartum difficulties. Although Ohanian had complete faith in her wife, he did briefly considered the worst.

In 2017, the 23-time Grand Slam champion went through a huge, life-threatening change. Her pregnancy with her daughter Olympia was quite smooth. But post-birth, the American tennis player faced a lot of difficulties in the form of blood clots and internal bleeding.

Alexis Ohanian’s intimate confession over Serena Williams’ post-pregnancy complications 

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The renowned sports docuseries, “Being Serena,” released in 2018, talked about the most difficult time of the former world number one’s life. Including the harrowing experience of giving birth, that the couple will never forget. We have heard the 23-time Grand Slam champion recall the post-pregnancy time as a do-or-die situation.

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But in that video, her husband also made an astonishing confession, seeing his wife’s troublesome situation. He revealed, “She was undoubtedly battling for her life. And I was terrified that she might die.”

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However, the Reddit co-founder had total belief and faith in his wife that she would make it through the tough time. And made it clear that she was already aware of and capable of handling the issues her body was showing. And also expressed his gratitude while sharing the good part that these concerns could be resolved.

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Not only the Reddit co-founder but there was a point when even the tennis legend herself believed that she almost died after giving birth. And going through all these post-pregnancy complications.

Williams believed that she almost faced death after giving birth 

After dealing with all the complications, the former world number one considered herself fortunate enough to live like a normal individual. And after giving birth in 2018, the tennis star talked about how she almost died giving birth to her daughter Olympia.

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And explained how in the real world it takes a while for the C-section to recover. Nevertheless, the way Williams suffered after the C-section body took a much longer time to come back to the normal routine. Not only that, but since then, the former tennis star has advocated for how difficult childbirth is. And also supported other pregnant women dealing with worse or similar kinds of complications during or after pregnancy.

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Pratishtha Prakash is a Tennis writer at EssentiallySports. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media and Journalism from MIT ADT University, Pune. In the past, she has interned at the sports desk of The Hitavada, a regional English daily newspaper.
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