Serena Williams Gives Birth to her First Child!

Via E! News-

It's A Girl! 

Serena Williams welcomed a baby girl yesterday with fiancé Alexis Ohanian. WPBF-25 news producer Chris Shepherd made the announcement on Twitter Friday afternoon, writing, "Tennis star Serena Williams gives birth to a baby girl weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces. Mom and baby are doing well." 

ESPN also shared the news as sister Venus Williams prepared to step out on the court at the 2017 U.S. Open. She told reporters, "Obviously I'm super excited. Words can't describe."

During an interview with Vanity Fair, the athlete spoke about her relationship and her baby and admitted that she "would have thought you were the biggest liar in the world" if you had told her she would be pregnant one year ago.

"This is kind of how I am right now, this is happening sooner than later and it's going by so fast," she shared.

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"I don't know what to do with a baby. I have nothing…I've done absolutely nothing for the baby room."

Williams also described finding out that she was expecting her first child during a home pregnancy test, telling the magazine, "[I thought] I'll take it just because (a) to prove you wrong and (b) because it's fun, whatever. It's like a joke, why not? An hour and a half later, I went back to the bathroom and I totally forgot about it because it was impossible for me…So I went back to get dressed and I went back in the bathroom and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, that test.'"

She explained her initial reaction upon seeing the test results by revealing that she "did a double take."

"My heart dropped. Like it literally dropped."

​Congrats​ to the entire Williams and Ohanian family! A baby is such a blessing!