[WhistleCleaner]

Surrogate baby

Oops, maybe not?

 

[tonyparkes606]

Wow, that's a surprise. Kournikova is 44, pretty old for pregnancy and childbirth.

My brothers girlfriend had her child when she was 43 20 years ago

 

[auntie janie]

My brothers girlfriend had her child when she was 43 20 years ago

Of course, I didn't mean to say it's unheard of, just not that common. I mean I have a friend who had a baby right after her 44th birthday, and an acquaintance who had her first and only kid at 49, which really IS unusual.

 

[swimmer_kid]

She's done well to have four kids especially considering her back injuries!

 

[dodrade]

Not 100% sure but it would explain Erika Andreeva's absence since Wimbledon qualies.

 

[Ajmo2025]

Not 100% sure but it would explain Erika Andreeva's absence since Wimbledon qualies.

She is on a list to play WTA 125 in Portugal in 8 days.

 

[Mangelwurzel]

She is on a list to play WTA 125 in Portugal in 8 days.

Don't the hormones secreted due to pregnancy function as a PED? Might be wise to put a bet on her if so.

 

[tonyparkes606]

Not 100% sure but it would explain Erika Andreeva's absence since Wimbledon qualies.

She has a pretty face

 

[Our Nana]

My brothers girlfriend had her child when she was 43 20 years ago

My grandmother had her last child at aged 48.

 

[Our Nana]

Don't the hormones secreted due to pregnancy function as a PED? Might be wise to put a bet on her if so.

During pregnancy your red blood cells carry more oxygen so playing tennis in early pregnancy is a bonus, not a disadvantage.

 

[ServeInValley]

Not 100% sure but it would explain Erika Andreeva's absence since Wimbledon qualies.

I was also confused when I saw this post on IG but is she actually pregnant?

 

[Super Dave]

My brothers girlfriend had her child when she was 43 20 years ago

That's how old my gma was when she had her 13th child.

 

[Super Dave]

Not 100% sure but it would explain Erika Andreeva's absence since Wimbledon qualies.

Dang, 21 is young for dat

 

[mattypark]

 

[Super Dave]

Although I had a pregnancy scare at 21 and I would've been ready had it actually happened.

My gf was only 18 though.

 

[Mangelwurzel]

During pregnancy your red blood cells carry more oxygen so playing tennis in early pregnancy is a bonus, not a disadvantage.

So' a purely academic question.. could a player' theoretically' time her pregnancy in order to maximize her chances of winning one last title' say even a slam' right before retirement or going on a maternity break? I've read somewhere it might've helped Serena with her last title in 2017. More oxygen' if I understand correctly' grants increased energy levels and endurance' so maybe it could be a viable strategy for players whose physicality is wanting?

 

[Pacio]

So' a purely academic question.. could a player' theoretically' time her pregnancy in order to maximize her chances of winning one last title' say even a slam' right before retirement or going on a maternity break? I've read somewhere it might've helped Serena with her last title in 2017. More oxygen' if I understand correctly' grants increased energy levels and endurance' so maybe it could be a viable strategy for players whose physicality is wanting?

There are hypotheses that getting pregnant before the Olympic Games, and then often terminating the pregnancy, was a common practice in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly among athletes from East Germany and the Soviet Union. This was referred to as so-called natural doping, but as far as I know, there are no documented cases. That is probably also because it would have been very difficult to prove and intruded too deeply into the private lives of the athletes.

 

[dodrade]

Being pregnant didn't do this rider any harm.

Ros Canter: Pregnant rider wins Burghley Horse Trials on Lordships Graffalo

Ros Canter wins a second successive Burghley Horse Trials on Lordships Graffalo, weeks after announcing she was expecting her second child.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Perun]

So' a purely academic question.. could a player' theoretically' time her pregnancy in order to maximize her chances of winning one last title' say even a slam' right before retirement or going on a maternity break? I've read somewhere it might've helped Serena with her last title in 2017. More oxygen' if I understand correctly' grants increased energy levels and endurance' so maybe it could be a viable strategy for players whose physicality is wanting?

A lot of women though experience nausea in the first trimeter so there are possible disadvantages too. And I don't know how helpful anti nausea drugs would be for those female athletes.

 

[Our Nana]

So' a purely academic question.. could a player' theoretically' time her pregnancy in order to maximize her chances of winning one last title' say even a slam' right before retirement or going on a maternity break? I've read somewhere it might've helped Serena with her last title in 2017. More oxygen' if I understand correctly' grants increased energy levels and endurance' so maybe it could be a viable strategy for players whose physicality is wanting?

Pregnancy and playing her sister would have helped Serena win that last slam. Venus knew Serena was pregnant and no way was she going to force her to play at her most aggressive and risk the pregnancy.