Serena Williams looked simply radiant at 8 months pregnant in the September issue of Vogue, she proudly opened up about expecting her first child with fiancé, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

Serena told Vogue, “Alexis thinks we’re having a boy, but I have a strong suspicion that it’s a girl. Two weeks after we found out, I played the Australian Open. I told Alexis it has to be a girl because there I was playing in 100-degree weather, and that baby never gave me any trouble. Ride or die. Women are tough that way.”

“Alexis thinks we’re having a boy, but I have a strong suspicion that it’s a girl,” @SerenaWilliams says. “Two weeks after we found out, I played the Australian Open. I told Alexis it has to be a girl because there I was playing in 100-degree weather, and that baby never gave me any trouble. Ride or die. Women are tough that way.” Tap the link in our bio to read the full interview. Photographed by @MarioTestino, styled by @tonnegood, Vogue, September 2017.

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Serena told Vogue, “I’m nervous about childbirth. I’m not a spring chicken. The one thing I really want is an epidural, which I know a lot of people are against, but I’ve had surgeries galore, and I don’t need to experience any more pain if I can avoid it.

But the biggest thing is that I don’t really think I’m a baby person. Not yet. That’s something I have to work on. I’m so used to me-me-me, taking care of my health, my body, my career. I always ask, ‘Am I going to be good enough?’”

Good luck Serena!

I don’t think I am alone in saying the best laid plans often change so quickly during childbirth.

I had always planned on an epidural with my first born and just as I reached the pointy end and requested the epidural they told me it was too late because things had progressed beyond the point. They actually turned the anesthetist away when he knocked on the door.

With my second child I went drug free for hours, and then just after having a shot of pethidine I went into full on labour.  I was so mad at myself for not waiting that little bit longer.  But then afterwards the midwife told me that it was most likely the pethidine shot that relaxed me just that little bit to help progress the labour to the next stage. DOH!

Did your labour all go to plan?

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