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Female MMA Fighter Kimberly Tanaka Novaes had the shock of a lifetime when she discovered she was 12 weeks pregnant after winning a unanimous decision victory in a professional MMA fight against opponent Renata Baldan at Brazilian MMA promotion Noxii Combat back in May of 2015 “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 MMA Fighting.
Kinberly Novaes squaring up with her opponent Renata Baldan. Can you see a little pouch in her belly?
“I’m a little stubborn, I don’t like to go to the doctor,” Novaes explained. “I’ve been feeling sick for a while, colic, headaches and cramps. I was feeling tired recently, couldn’t even run, and it was really tough for me to cut weight. I was cutting weight for my RFA debut, but couldn’t lose weight. I did a stricter diet four weeks before the fight, and I actually gained 2.2 pounds in six days. I was desperate. I realized my belly was hard, so I thought I had some intestine issue. I took laxative and other things, but a guy that does massages for me told me to go to the doctor.”
You can definitely see a little bulge in her belly during the weigh-in’s and during the fight.
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