Serena Jameka Williams was Gucci down on the Met Gala. The darling of tennis served in a black and bedazzled two-piece ensemble with white tulle that cascaded to the bottom and right into a practice. On her head, she wore a blinged out headpiece by Lelet NY. Layers of Tiffany & Co. pearls dropped from her neckline. On her arm was her bearded hubby Alexis Ohanian. On her midsection, she donned a child bump that signifies the tennis royalty is with baby and increasing her brood with child quantity two. Serena introduced the being pregnant, subtly, in an Instagram put up:

“Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the three of us to the Met Gala,” the caption learn above a rundown of glam credit and under a slideshow of 5 photos. 

A litany of congratulations erupted within the feedback sections from plenty of followers and celebrities, together with actress and Instagram influencer Tabitha Brown, tech titan Bozoma St. John, Ciara, Michael B. Jordan and Boris Kudjoe. Even Barbie by Mattel despatched a “Glowing ✨ Congrats!”

Actually, the general public can say we didn’t see this coming, notably when Serena endured the horrors of being a Black lady navigating maternal well being, and was one of many extra vocal celebs that spoke up and advocated for Black girls’s expertise of medical neglect and postpartum despair. The three-time Olympic winner was candid about nearly dropping her life after delivering her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. by C-section—and creating a pulmonary embolism. She penned an article for CNN, detailing her ordeal in 2018. BLACK ENTERPRISE is wishing Serena a more healthy birthing expertise and a good wholesome new child child

Black girls succumb to childbirth at larger charges than white and Hispanic girls. The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention produced a report in 2021 that exposed “the maternal mortality price for non-Hispanic Black (subsequently, Black) girls was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 dwell births, 2.6 instances the speed for non-Hispanic White (subsequently, White) girls.” 

Organizations akin to Nationwide Start Fairness Collaborative (NBEC); Sista Midwife Productions and the Sista Midwife Listing and Black Mamas Matter Alliance are working to handle racial disparity and foster more healthy maternal outcomes from Black girls. 

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