C-Section Complications Left Serena Williams Bedridden for Weeks

Serena Williams was left bedridden for six weeks with blood clots on her lungs after an urgent C-section.

Tennis queen Serena Williams recently revealed that her post pregnancy complications left her bedridden for six weeks after childbirth, according to Vogue.

The sports star had to undergo an emergency C-section as the baby’s pulse dropped. After this she developed clots on her lungs and suffered from an open wound which left her in bed for weeks.

Williams gave birth to a girl in fall 2017 after making headlines for keeping the pregnancy under wraps for 20 weeks.

The confirmation of the pregnancy had come in a short-lived picture on Snapchat. Posing for a photo in a yellow one-piece swimsuit, she captioned it: "20 weeks."