The celebrated runner gushed toESPN, “I was so excited to be pregnant.
I’ve always wanted to be a mother.
I feel so incredibly blessed.
This shouldn’t be a secret.
I want to share this journey with everyone who has ever known me or cheered for me.”
It was especially fortunate considering her birthing experience was pretty traumatic.
The Olympian underwent an emergency C-section
Athletes are among the healthiest and fittest people on the planet.
But, when it comes to pregnancy, there are just as many variables to contend with.
“Being a professional athlete, honestly, I took my health for granted,” she admitted.
“In my mind, I wanted to have this beautiful natural birth.”
The Olympian was forced to have an emergency C-section, delivering her premature baby at just 32 weeks.
Thankfully, Ferguson was by her side the entire time.
As Felix recalled, “Things were going downhill.
[Kenneth] was really the one who had to advocate.
I wasn’t having a capacity to do those things.”
Thus, Felix toldInsideremphatically, “All Black women, all women of color are at risk.
It doesn’t matter how great of medical care that you have, or being a professional athlete.
I never would’ve imagined that this would be my situation.
And I think that that’s what a lot of people think.”
