Serena Williams shares adorable photo of daughter Alexis as she turns seven months old

The tennis pro welcomed her first child last September 
Adorable: Serena Williams shares a new snap of baby Alexis
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Jennifer Ruby11 April 2018
The Weekender

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Serena Williams has shared an adorable photo of daughter Alexis to celebrate her turning seven months old.

The tennis pro, 36, posed with her baby daughter in the swimming pool at the home she shares with husband Alexis Ohanian, in an Instagram snap posted on Tuesday evening.

The photo shows the youngster paddling in the water while standing in between her mother’s legs.

Williams recently revealed that she almost died after giving birth to Alexis by emergency caesarean back in September.

The sports star was left bed-bound for six weeks after suffering “a slew of health complications that I am lucky to have survived”.

Opening up about the terrifying experience in an open letter to CNN, Williams said she had a “pretty easy” pregnancy before facing “six days of uncertainty”.

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She explained how she was first faced with a pulmonary embolism – a condition in which arteries in the lungs become blocked by a blood clot – before doctors found a large hematoma in her abdomen.

Speaking about his wife during an interview with the New York Times last week, Ohanian said: “I’ve had this front-row seat over the last three years to greatness.

“It’s a humbling experience seeing really what high-pressure situations actually look like professionally, seeing just what it takes to actually be that great. It is a work ethic on another level.”

Williams made her return to professional tennis last month when she was defeated by her sister Venus Williams at Indian Wells.

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