Despite the vomiting and enlarged breasts, Serena Williams was certain she wasn't pregnant. It was only at the urging of pal Jessica Steindorff that the tennis ace agreed to take a pregnancy test in early January — mainly to shut her friend up.
"I'll take it just because (a) to prove you wrong and (b) because it's fun, whatever," Williams, 35, explained in the August issue of Vanity Fair. "It's like a joke. Why not?"
With plans to conquer the Australian Open and Wimbledon later in the year, a pregnancy wasn't in Williams' plans. After taking a test as she readied for an event, Williams couldn't escape the inevitable results.
"I put it down. I went back to finishing hair and makeup, was laughing, talking," she recalled. "I was getting the styling done. An hour and a half later, I went back to the bathroom and I totally forgot about it because it was impossible for me … So I went back to get dressed and I went back in the bathroom and I was like, 'Oh yeah, that test.'"
Williams admitted doing a double-take upon seeing the positive mark on the stick.
"My heart dropped. Like literally it dropped," she said.
While Steindorff relished the results, it took a trip to the hotel pharmacy and five additional pregnancy tests to convince Williams she was expecting.
Williams' next step was to tell her fiancé, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, the exciting news. A month removed from their engagement, Williams presented her future husband with a paper bag with six positive pregnancy tests.
Though Williams kept the pregnancy relatively under wraps following her Australian Open victory, she accidentally revealed her baby bump in April via Snapchat. And while she will miss the remainder of the 2017 season, Williams looks forward to hitting the court with her new fan in the stands next year.
"If you would have told me last year in October or November that I would have a baby, not be pregnant but have a baby, I would have thought you were the biggest liar in the world. This is kind of how I am right now," she said. "This is happening sooner than later, and it's going by so fast."
Williams and Ohanian, 34, are expected to wed this fall after they welcome their first child.
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