Serena Williams admits she is not doing okay three months after giving birth to her second child. The 42-year-old tennis superstar says the last three months have been hard.
Serena and husband Alexis Ohanian welcomed a daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., in September 2017. They tied the knot a month later. She gave birth to her second daughter on August 22, 2023.
Serena’s fans are concerned after she revealed her mental status in a post on Twitter/X.
“I am not ok today. And that’s ok to not be ok. No one is ok every single day. If you are not ok today I’m with you. There’s always tomorrow. Love you.”
I am not ok today. And that’s ok to not be ok. No one is ok every single day. If you are not ok today I’m with you. There’s always tomorrow ? Love you.
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) November 28, 2023
In a follow-up tweet that shows Serena cuddling her infant, she wrote: “This makes me so happy.”
This makes me so happy pic.twitter.com/2aq5oiQK1G
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) November 28, 2023
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a mood disorder that can lead to temporary psychosis. PPD occurs during pregnancy or after childbirth.
Postpartum depression causes severe mood swings, fatigue, spontaneous crying, anxiety, insomnia, loss of appetite and more. It can last 2 weeks or longer.
Symptoms that are severe and cause dangerous behavioral changes may require emergency hospitalization on a mental ward.
Serena retired from competitive tennis in September 2022 — 27 years after she turned pro.
This spoke to me. Thank you for these energy giving words. I have prayed for you, you will be okay! I will be okay also. ??
— Ikhide R. Ikheloa (@ikhide) November 28, 2023
The public forgets that celebrities are human beings as well. You are entitled too have good and bad days. I wish you a wonderful day today ??
— Nathan Kardashian (@njkardashian) November 29, 2023
Feel better pretty woman. Stay healthy and happy, we all will send love and prayers ?
— CTA ??? (@CTSXinvest) November 29, 2023
