New Delhi: She was at the peak of her career when she decided to step into motherhood, but tennis star Sania Mirza, who is due to give birth next month, always believed in moving forward in her life.
For her, pregnancy doesn’t mean taking things away from “what you are or who you are” as she says that one needs to understand that pregnancy doesn’t make you handicapped, but empowers a woman in many different ways.
Mirza said her profession “fortunately or unfortunately” required her to stop doing what she was doing to plan her family when she was at her career’s peak.
“Having said that, it’s not about always choosing what’s the right time, its just about how you feel about it,” said Mirza.
“For me, when my husband [Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik] asked me a year-and-a-half ago about having a baby, I said that I am not yet ready for a few more years and then suddenly my thought process changed after a few months. I always believe in moving forward in my life and I don’t think that becoming a mother really takes things away from what you are or who you are,” she added.
The tennis star believes motherhood can also be empowering. “This is why I try to stay as active as I can because as a woman, I think unfortunately we have to do little bit of sacrifices for few months when we are not able to do everything but that doesn’t mean that you will not get what you were doing or how you work before,” she said.
“I think the most important thing is to understand that you are pregnant, you are not handicapped. Pregnancy is a part of who you are. Try to be normal.”
