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If Serena Williams needs help rolling over in bed what hope is there for us?

Ever since she accidentally announced her pregnancy to the world via a Snapchat that wasn't intended to be made public, shared that she shopped for maternity garb at Target and admitted that her pregnancy was a complete surprise, Serena Williams has been refreshingly candid and relatable in her pregnancy "journey".

Okay maybe the nude - and glorious! - Vanity Fair cover lensed by Annie Liebovitz was an exception...

But the latest addition to the genre that is Serena Williams, champion tennis player and pioneer (just ask Andy Murray), and her relatable pregnancy is a tweet in which she revealed that she, like many other ungainly pregnant women, was finding it difficult to roll over in bed.

Which is both comforting for pregnant women such as myself who are finding themselves beginning to struggle with things like getting up off the couch without grunting "oof" or tying ou shoelaces, but also a little distressing, no? For if Serena Williams, whose serve is 206.4 km/h, can't roll herself over, then what hope for the rest of us?

The internet seemed caught in this conundrum.

Advice included general 'you can do it, gurl' type motivation.

Practical advice from mothers who had Been There.

Summing up exactly what a lot of mums-to-be are feeling: if not possible for Serena, then how? Just another entrant into the cannon of pregnancy/motherhood anxieties, I guess?

 

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