Serena Williams with a 4-month-old daughter appeared on the cover of Vogue

The owner of a set of tennis regalia Serena Williams and baby Alexis Olimpia became heroes of the February issue of the American glossy Vogue. The athlete posted a cover photo in her Instagram.

Mother and daughter on the cover of the "fashion bible"

Yesterday, fans of the 36-year-old Serena Williams was waiting for a big surprise. Four-time Olympic champion along with 4-month-old daughter Alexis Olimpia decorated the latest issue of Vogue magazine, thus, the girl became the youngest star heroine of a prestigious publication for the history of his existence.

Serena Williams with her daughter on the cover of Vogue

The daughter of Williams and Alexis Ohanian, dressed in white body, posed in front of the camera of Mario Testino with her mother. Serena herself dressed up for the photo session in a stunning scarlet dress from Versace from the collection spring-summer 2018. The fitting outfit emphasized all the virtues of her mouth-watering figure.

Difficult childbirth

In addition to the cute staff on the pages of Vogue, the readers are waiting for the candid interview of the sportswoman, in which she told not only about her professional plans, but also shared her personal moments when her first-born appeared. It turns out the birth of a daughter, almost worth Williams's life.

Serena Williams with her daughter and relatives

Despite the professionalism of the doctors and Serena's body prepared for the load, during the birth something went wrong and the doctors, noticing that the heart rate of Alexis Olympia began to fall, decided to hold an emergency cesarean section.

Serena Williams and Alexis Olympia

The next day, the tennis player complained of shortness of breath, it turned out that she began pulmonary embolism. After the discovery of blood clots in the lungs of a young mother, she was again taken to the operating room.

This complication did not end there. Serena began to worry about the caesarean's seam. Dangerous internal bleeding started, which necessitated another surgical intervention.

Serene had to spend six weeks in the hospital, and then a long recovery period of the house followed.

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Initially, Williams planned to return to the big sport in January, but circumstances forced her to postpone this date to March. Which, however, does not particularly concern Serena, who changed her attitude to the sport after the birth of Alexis Olympia. She certainly wants to win, but no longer sets herself the goal of winning the match for the match, because now she has a completely different meaning of life!