Serena Williams opens up on near-death labour experience 'I felt like I was dying'
msn.comSerena Williams has revealed harrowing details of how she nearly died when giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia in 2017. Williams, 40, announced she was pregnant in April that year, after revealing she had been eight weeks gone whilst winning the Australian Open.
Five months later, she had an emergency cesarean-section delivery due to the baby's heart rate dropping during labour and also suffered a pulmonary embolism after giving birth, leaving her bedridden for over a month and delaying he return to training.
She would return in late 2017 at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, although didn't play another Grand Slam event until the French Open in 2018.
The success at Melbourne Park represented her 23rd major win, just one short of Margaret Court's all-time record. Since coming back the American has reached two Wimbledon and two US Open finals but is still seeking the Slam win she needs to equal the Australian.
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