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Aug 8, 2022; Toronto, ON, Canada; Serena Williams (USA) reacts after defeating Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) in first round play in the National Bank Open at Sobeys Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
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Serena Williams is officially done breastfeeding, eight months after welcoming baby Adira! Williams has never stepped away from her candid confessions about her body transformations during and after her pregnancy. This week, she provided an update on her experience of her nursing journey on TikTok, revealing one of her challenges. Many women who have gone through similar transformations after giving birth can relate to the athlete’s candor regarding her struggles with body image.
Serena Williams, a mother of two daughters, welcomed her second baby, Adira River, in August last year. Since then, she has openly showcased her body transformation through various social posts and videos. In a recent update, the 23-time Grand Slam champion revealed her struggle with her breast transformation and added a video captioned, “I am finished breastfeeding…🫠 and ‘they’ are still hanging out.”
In the video, Williams is lying down on her bed with one arm draped over her head. Her breasts bulge over the top of the pink tank top that she is seen wearing. “Seriously trying to figure out when these things are gonna go down,” she said in the video while looking down at her breast.
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Serena Williams has always been open about the physical changes that she went through after pregnancy. Earlier this year, she documented herself going back to the gym through various social media posts. She has previously talked about loving oneself through different stages of one’s life. Her candid confessions about not having a picture-perfect body after giving birth to Adira endeared her fans and all the mothers out there.
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Embracing her postpartum body, she has inspired every mother to love herself by saying the journey and the change are “worth it.” Just a few months ago, she also shared an update on her breastfeeding phase after motherhood through another video.
Serena Williams’ late-night struggles with breastfeeding
The Olympic gold medalist previously shared her breastfeeding experience with Adira in February. She uploaded a video of herself up and awake in the middle of the night. “It’s been a long time since I’ve woken up at 4 a.m. having to pump, but whoops!” Williams added in the video. She was wearing a black nursing bra with a pump attached to it. The caption of the video was “My 4 a.m. wakeup. I want to go back to sleep 😖.” Her confessions and openness about her breastfeeding journey received a lot of praise from her fans.
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Williams emphasizes the significance of normalizing conversations about postpartum bodies and motherhood by sharing her personal experiences on her social media platforms. She has provided her experience throughout her pregnancy and shattered the conventional idea of picture-perfect body images. Serena Williams’ perseverance, both on and off the tennis court, continues to inspire admirers all over the world.