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Great Expecations For A New Mom & Athlete

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Maritsa
07/02/09

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My experience returning to work has not been great. People assume you're on the mommy track and I've definitely not been given work that would have taken me out of town - I know this for a fact. After proving how hard I can work, I have to prove it again now that I have a baby. Fun times!
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dreamweave
07/02/09

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I see what you are saying Dodai, and I imagine there is truth to it, but I think it also speaks a lot - if not more - about her state of mind as a highly competitive athlete. And as MarissaExplainsItAl said above, one of the best. No, it wasn't a terrible injury, but motherhood does take a lot out of you. And I can see why she would approach her return as "comeback" of sorts.
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MarissaExplainsItAll
07/02/09

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The reason that she is getting more flack for this than other players who have become pregnant is because she is by all accounts the best player in the league. It's sad that most of the public knows her as the WNBA player instead of one of the best basketball players of our time.
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hfree
07/02/09

@MarissaExplainsItAll: Agreed. She is also one of the youngest mothers in the league. There actually aren't that many active WNBA players who are mothers (I think the article mentions there are a dozen, including the 5 Sparks players), it's much more common to play out your career, retire, and then start a family. Being a mother at a young age and still be the best player in the league is, to a certain extent, uncharted territory.
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MarissaExplainsItAll
07/02/09

@hfree: Exactly. We can only hope that the WNBA gets more viewers from this gossipy clusterfuck the media has created.
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