Rachel Atherton announced the birth of her baby daughter Arna last night.
Arna was born on August 4 early in the morning but Rachel waited until last night to share the news with her fans on social media. Rachel
announced her pregnancy in February and had
a slight scare in March following a car crash but Arna was born at a happy and healthy 8lb 4 oz.
| Arna ❤️❤️ Welcome to the world! Our little baby girl arrived on August 4th 3.12am weighing in at 8lb 4oz
My heart is so full of love, my boobs full of milk & my privates full of stitches! Her birth was mind blowing, it was hard on another level & challenged me to the end, but we did it, she’s here! Overwhelmed with love for my little family—Rachel Atherton |
We're sending huge congratulations to both Rachel and Olly and look forward to seeing Arna winning the 2039 World Championships!
Would love to see her return to the WC. Childbirth doesn't have to mean the end, especially with a massively extended pain threshold.
Congratulations Rachel and family.
Women are tough as hell!
Congrats Rachel!!!
I will respect her decision either way though.
Congrats Rachel & Olly!
Grow up. Such pathetically lame behaviour.
Contrags to Rachel and Olly and welcome to Arna.
A wise old man, who is crap on a mtb bike once said “The only person that you should criticise on the internet, is your self “
So.
Every time I see an Atherton in hospital after a tough ordeal. They look better than me on a good day.
Congrats on your beautiful bundle of joy
My wife ended up in the same position. Stitches in places no one wants to think about. If childbirth makes you uncomfortable, stick to being a member of the “crusty sock” club.
We were DINKs for long enough I think grandparents gave up.
All I can say it’s 100% worth it. That little shit has me wrapped around her finger.
To all the dudes who are on here being all like...
Ewww TMI.....
How the f*ck you think you got here? You ripped your mom's Vajayjay wide open too. Ask her about your birth. Im sure when love to tell you all about how much her bundle of joy made her pee hole as big a watermelon.... Y'all need to spend some time watching a baby being born. Don't even get me started on C-sections....
Men are such pussies.
Repeat after me boys.....
KEGALS....
once you know... you know.
Cheers to the three of you!!
From this great book from the world expert on experts
K. Anders Ericsson, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
www.goodreads.com/book/show/26312997-peak
“In many of the cases that have been studied, children with talented siblings also had one or both parents encouraging them as well. The Polgár sisters we know about, and Mozart too: his father was not far behind László Polgár in his focus on developing a prodigy. Similarly, Serena and Venus Williams’s father, Richard Williams, started them on tennis with the intention of turning them into tennis professionals. In such cases it can be hard to disentangle the influence of the siblings from that of the parents. But it is probably no coincidence in these cases that it is generally the younger siblings who have reached greater heights. Part of it may be that the parents learn from their experiences with the older siblings and do a better job with the younger ones, but it is also likely that the presence of an older sibling fully engaged in an activity provides a number of advantages for the younger sibling. By watching an older sibling engaging in an activity, a younger child may become interested in—and get started on—that activity much sooner than he or she might otherwise. The older sibling can teach the younger one, and it can seem more like fun than lessons provided by the parent. And competition between siblings will likely be more helpful to the younger sibling than the older one because the older one will naturally have greater skills, at least for a number of years. Bloom found a slightly different pattern in the early days of the children who would grow up to be mathematicians and neurologists than in the athletes, musicians, and artists. In this case the parents didn’t introduce the children to the particular subject matter but rather to the appeal of intellectual pursuits in general. They encouraged their children’s curiosity, and reading was a major pastime, with the parents reading to the children early on, and the children reading books themselves later. They also encouraged their children to build models or science projects—activities that could be considered educational—as part of their play. But
K. Anders Ericsson, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
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I was just trying to say that there maybe some truth in claudio’s comment
And seeing I had read this book I thought I would try to add to peoples knowledge .
Seeing that it was taken as a sexest insult by the internet
Belittling Rachels achievement
We don’t know if claudio has read this book or not.
@hamncheez:
Congratulations Rachel!
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Arna, don't use the middle finger for braking. That'll come into play later...
People should do the same in this case and not assume that this child will naturally enjoy being forced to do something.
Most people couldn’t give a ….. ! I’m happy that she and baby are fine and that’s it !