At some point in every mom’s journey to motherhood, there comes a time when you open your sleepy eyes and realize that the kefir you’ve been smelling for days actually comes from… you. Yes, you’ve been so busy caring for your newborn that you don’t have time to change your breasts every time they leak or your baby spits up, and over time you develop a unique, evaporated milk Musk. Serena Williams is going through this right now, and her latest tweet is very relatable.
“My new perfume is ‘Old Stale Milk’. #momlife,” the retired tennis champ wrote on twitter today. Very cute, right? But it’s inevitable when you have a newborn in the house! Williams, who recently welcomed baby Adira with husband Alexis Ohanian, is just keeping it real.
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“Wear it with pride, mom! 🥰” one person commented. Another sagely said: “I’m sure this is your favorite fragrance.”
“Is it goat milk? 😎” one person quipped.
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Williams has been open about her breastfeeding journey in the past.during an interview time, She said her former coach told her to stop breastfeeding and focus on tennis.
“It’s definitely hard to get something like that from a man,” she said. “He’s not a woman. He doesn’t understand the connection and the best time of the day for me is when I’m trying to feed her. I’ve spent my life making everyone happy and just being there for everyone. That’s who I am Things you want to do.”
She added: “You have the power to sustain the life God gave her. You have the power to make her happy, to keep her at peace. At no other time in your life, you have had this amazing superpower.” How wonderful this is way of looking at it (even if it does make you smell like old milk all the time).
in her be serena In the documentary, she talks about switching to bottle feeding when her eldest daughter, Olympia, now 5, was an infant.
“When I got to six months in, I just felt good. And then just letting go emotionally,” Williams said. “I literally held Olympia in my arms and I talked to her and we prayed about it. I told her, ‘Listen, I’m going to stop. Moms have to do this. I cried a little bit, not as much as I thought I would. Much. “She’s fine. “
Williams didn’t elaborate on whether she’s breastfeeding or bottle-feeding Adira (after all, either scenario will inevitably result in milk spillage!), but we love that she’s keeping it real with her fans!
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