What unique challenges do female athletes face when pregnant?

Things are slowly getting better, but pregnant athletes still report hostile reactions from leagues, coaches — and even fellow players.

LOS ANGELES — was traded across six teams in her first five years as a single parent, making it difficult to find, let alone afford, child care in new cities. She and her then-8-month-old son were often forced to share a hotel room with a teammate — and sometimes she had no choice but to bring him with her to practice.

“If I’d have a bad game, you know, my kid would be blamed for it at times, and it was just like, ‘Oh, was your

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