iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Brazilian MMA fighter wins a title…while 12 weeks pregnant.
According to MMAFighting.com, Brazilian Mixed Martial Arts fighter Kinberly Novaes Novaes (8-2) defeated Renata Baldan (4-2) to win the Noxii 115-pound title in May, while she was 12 weeks pregnant.
“We did a morphology ultrasound last week and the doctor said I’m 24 weeks pregnant, almost six months, and my baby is healthy and strong,” Novaes told MMAFighting.com. “I was worried because I trained hard, fought, cut weight. I suffered a lot to make weight for my last fight, couldn’t dehydrate properly, and I was already training to fight again next week, but the doctor said everything is fine.”
She told MMAFighting.com she thought something was wrong when she wasn’t losing weight but her stomach was “hard” in preparation for the fight.
“I finally decided to go to the hospital, and the doctor immediately asked me if I was pregnant,” she recounted to MMAFighting.com. “I insisted I was not, that I had an intestine issue, but he asked for a blood test. One hour later, he told us I was pregnant. I cried a lot, ran out of the hospital, but I realized that was good news. I thought I was sick, but I had a baby instead.”
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