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21st December 2023
07:22pm GMT
The tennis superstar revealed she donated her leftover breast milk to people who are unable to feed their babies.
Serena, who is the mother of two daughters Olympia and Adira River, shared the process with her followers on Instagram.
Posting a video of her opening a freezer filled with frozen packs of breastmilk from a recent trip she took to New York without her baby.
Captioning her video, Serena wrote, "After going through a screening I was able to donate it instead of taking the milk home.
"I know so many amazing women that adopt or are unable to make milk. It felt amazing," she penned, adding: "BTW Someone out there is getting some super soldier milk. "
In the clip, Serena can be heard saying that she was "really excited" to donate the breast milk "to people who really need it."
Before closing the freezer door, she added, "It’ll be anonymous, but super excited to just help in some way."
Fans of the tennis player praised her in the comment section, with some of them even sharing stories of how these donations helped their babies.
"My baby is adopted and ended up having severe dairy allergies, so we relied on donor milk. It was such a gift to us and I’m always so grateful when I think about it," penned one.
Another added, "I was a preemie who relied on donated breast milk and I’m now a healthy 30-year-old. Really amazing thing to do!"
Serena had previously shared another use she found for her leftover milk, healing sunburn.
On TikTok, the Grand Slam champion told fans that she had a sunburn underneath her eye and was going to try to treat it with her new method.
"I was in the sun ... long story. Anyways, I'm trying some breast milk," she said in the video.
"It works for my kid — they say put breast milk on everything and I have a lot extra, so I'm gonna try it for a week or so under my eye and see how it goes."
In the caption, she revealed the results, writing: "OK is this totally weird??? I have to say after a week of using MY breast milk under my eye — it worked! I'm dying to hear your thoughts."
