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Serena Williams’s Advice For Meghan Markle Is Something Everyone Could Use, Pregnant or Not

Dec 9 2018 - 9:00am

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 01:  (L-R) Meghan Markle, Serena Williams and Hannah Davis participate in the DirecTV Beach Bowl at Pier 40 on February 1, 2014 in New York City.  (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DirecTV)

Being pregnant for the first time can be scary — How, exactly does the baby fit through there? — even for someone as badass as Serena Williams. In an interview with POPSUGAR, Serena admitted, "I was terrified to push a baby out," so it's no surprise that now she's on the other side as a mom [1] to her beautiful daughter Alexis Olympia, that she has some sage advice for other moms who are pregnant — namely, her friend Meghan Markle [2], Duchess of Sussex.

It was announced in October that Meghan is expecting her first child with Prince Harry [3], and even though Meghan's the one expecting, Serena says that Meghan "still gives me more advice," which prompted Serena to give the Duchess some guidance [4].

After speaking to Meghan recently, Serena recalled to People how the pair's conversation started: "I'm like, 'How are you?' and she's like, 'No, how are you?' and I'm like, 'You're so sweet, but I'm really asking – how are YOU?' I'm like, 'Meghan, stop being so nice . . . you're the pregnant one, aren't you supposed to have hormones, why are you so sweet?' But that's always been her."

However, with such a huge milestone coming for Meghan, Serena shared a nugget of advice for first-time moms — beyond ceasing to be "so nice" — that honestly, everyone could use, pregnant or not: "It will come."

"I don't know what's going to happen, I didn't know how [I was] going to have a baby, and it all came," Serena said. "It's so crazy, I totally changed, and it literally is like a switch. And so, I say that, 'It will come.'"


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