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Serena Williams: What my life-threatening childbirth taught me

Just after giving birth, the tennis star’s lung arteries were blocked by a blood clot [Courtesy]

I almost died after giving birth to my daughter, Olympia. Yet I consider myself fortunate.

While I had a pretty easy pregnancy, my daughter was born by emergency C-section after her heart rate dropped dramatically during contractions.

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