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Serena Williams endured a harrowing experience after her emergency C-section in September 2017. Recounting her ordeal, she wrote in a personal essay for Elle magazine in April 2022, "I was coughing because I had an embolism, a clot in one of my arteries."
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The tennis champion further revealed, "The doctors would also discover a hematoma, a collection of blood outside the blood vessels, in my abdomen, then even more clots that had to be kept from traveling to my lungs."
Despite facing excruciating pain and multiple surgeries to address the complications, Williams remained resilient. She shares her daughter Olympia with her husband, Alexis Ohanian.
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Kate Winslet, known for her role in 'Titanic', had her first child, daughter Mia, via Cesarean in October 2000. She didn’t reveal this until four years later, admitting to feeling "traumatized" by not giving birth naturally. In December 2003, Winslet had her son Joe naturally. She shares Joe and another son, Bear, with her ex-husband Sam Mendes, while Mia was welcomed with her first husband, Jim Threapleton.
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Angelina Jolie didn't mind having a C-section when her daughter Shiloh was born in May 2006. She found the experience fascinating, calling it a miraculous thing the body can do. Alongside Shiloh, she shares twins Vivienne and Knox, as well as adopted children Maddox, Sahara, and Pax, with her ex-husband Brad Pitt. Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016 and was declared legally single in April 2019.
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Amy Schumer, famous for her role in 'Life With Beth,' openly talked about how difficult her childbirth was, likening it to "torture." Despite facing complications from hyperemesis gravidarum, Schumer felt instant relief from nausea after her C-section. Sharing her experience on the "Informed Pregnancy and Parenting" podcast in December 2019, she revealed that despite the difficulties, she was ultimately happy.
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In August 2022, Vanessa Morgan opened up about her challenging C-section delivery experience nearly two years after welcoming her son. She shared, 'I was thrown a curveball and River's heart rate was racing, and I had to get an emergency C-section.' Despite initial feelings of shame, Morgan embraced her body's journey and even got a tattoo to celebrate her scar, symbolizing resilience with the word 'kintsugi,' representing beauty in brokenness."
Despite initial feelings of shame, Morgan embraced her body's journey and even got a tattoo to celebrate her scar, symbolizing resilience with the word 'kintsugi,' representing beauty in brokenness.
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Queen B faced significant challenges during her pregnancy before welcoming twins Rumi and Sir with Jay-Z in June 2017. In her Netflix special 'Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé,' she revealed, 'My body went through more than I knew it could.' Beyoncé experienced high blood pressure, toxemia, and preeclampsia, necessitating an emergency C-section due to her baby's paused heartbeat in the womb. The power couple also shares daughter Blue Ivy, born in January 2012.
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Beverley Mitchell, best known for her role in '7th Heaven', openly discussed her postpartum journey with 'Us Weekly' after welcoming her daughter Mayzel in July 2020. “It’s been a bit of a difficult recovery. We had complications in surgery. It’s just been slow and steady,” she shared. “I lost a lot of blood, but I had amazing doctors. I was at a great hospital, and they took great care of me. It’s a slow and steady process to recover.”
Reflecting on her decision to have a C-section due to her “thin uterine wall,” Mitchell previously told 'Us Weekly', “I had amazing doctors who were like, ‘You know what? Let’s just be cautious and do it this way.’” Beverley and her husband, Michael Cameron, are proud parents to Mayzel, Hutton, and Kenzie.
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In July 2022, Sharna Burgess shared on Instagram about her unexpected C-section experience, revealing a scar in a photo. Despite not having a birth plan, she had to adapt when informed it was the safest option. After enduring over 30 hours of labor and her water breaking twice, her son Zane, with husband Brian Austin Green, arrived healthy and happy.
Discover the real and relatable stories of celebrity moms who've opened up about their cesarean section births.
From unexpected twists during delivery to navigating postpartum challenges, these firsthand accounts offer comfort and connection to mothers everywhere.