"Got a confidential news tip? "I don’t want them to grow up feeling like they have to be athletes," Hastings said. Physically, my body is different, I'm not sleeping through the night all the time with a new baby. "But this Olympics, Hastings' third, has new meaning that's more important than ever, she said. After failing to make the U.S. Olympic team in 2012, she took home the gold again as part of the same relay team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, where she also finished fourth in the individual 400-meter relay race. I'm still a badass woman, and I can do anything I set my mind to. She won two gold medals as part of the women's 400-meter relay team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. "Hastings said she struggled with reconciling the emotions of excitement and fear and it took more than half of her pregnancy before she was able to celebrate it. 6. "I’m just focused on being the best mom that I can be and then being the best Natasha that I can be, and however that plays out for me, I’ll be accepting of that," she said. "© 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. That's her mantra these days as she balances motherhood and her career.Hastings was five months pregnant and showing before she worked up the courage to call sponsor "It was almost like I had tortured myself for five months thinking about all the possible outcomes," she added. Hastings and her fiance, former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback William Gay, delivered a baby boy they named Liam on Aug. Her anxiety settled and the athlete said she's focused on dual-track goals. I have to allow myself time to recover and get back in shape. We want to hear from you.Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inboxGet this delivered to your inbox, and more info about our products and services.
Just a few months after Hastings' pregnancy announcement, several other high-profile athletes including Olympic runners Alysia Montano and Kara Goucher spoke out about the lack of support they had at This week, the WNBA and its players announced a new collective bargaining agreement that includes paid maternity leave, for the first time ever, and $60,000 toward fertility or adoption fees.In November, USWNT soccer star Alex Morgan announced her pregnancy and said she still plans to compete in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics.For years, female athletes have sought higher wages and benefits that are more equitable with men, but now family-planning benefits are becoming more important than ever both on the sports field and in the boardroom.On Tuesday, Hastings appeared at Under Armour's Baltimore headquarters with her son in tow, for an event launching their latest campaign: "The Only Way is Through." "When we, as women, decide to start our family, we are literally sometimes faced with the choice of family versus career and it shouldn’t be that way, but I definitely found myself in that space where I couldn’t be happy at first.
"But the biggest thing for me is that I do this for me. "Hastings told People the doctors gave her the go-ahead to keep training and she has retained a positive relationship with her sponsor, Under Armour. He weighed 5 pounds and 7 ounces and … "From every aspect. "I don't want to ever look back at this year and say I didn't give it my all. But the industry hasn't always been so understanding. Both top-tier athletes are OK if their first child, or …
Track-and-field star Natasha Hastings hid her pregnancy for five months before deciding to tell her sponsors. I gave birth to my son, William Rydell Gay, Jr., on Tuesday, August 6th at 11:35 pm. The due date is Sept. 2. But I want them to grow into themselves, and to be the best version of themselves.