Former professional soccer player Carli Lloyd is expecting her first baby.
On May 1, Carli Lloyd took to Instagram to announce that her baby will be due in October. She posted a sonogram photo of her baby, as well as a few photos from her pregnancy journey.
She wrote:
𝔹𝕒𝕓𝕪 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕆𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜! 🩷💙
“𝙏𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜.”
ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ʀᴏʟʟᴇʀᴄᴏᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ. ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴅ ᴇxᴄɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛꜱ! ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴍʏ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ ʜᴜꜱʙᴀɴᴅ, ʙʀɪᴀɴ. ʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜʟʏ ᴋᴇᴘᴛ ᴍᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ.
ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴏ ɢʀᴀᴛᴇꜰᴜʟ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ. 🙏🏼💖
ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴅʀ. ᴍᴀɴᴀʀᴀ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇꜱᴛ, ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴛᴀꜰꜰ! ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʜᴏʟᴅ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ.❤️
ᴍʏ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ɪꜱ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴀ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴏɴᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰᴀᴄɪɴɢ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ. ɪ ꜱᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴀɪɴ. ᴍʏ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱᴘᴇᴀᴋ ᴜᴘ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ. ɪ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴡɪꜱʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴏᴜʀᴄᴇꜱ, ꜰᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴅᴜᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜰᴇʀᴛɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴀ ʀᴏʟᴇ ɪɴ ʜᴇʟᴘɪɴɢ!
Carli Lloyd and her husband went through two unsuccessful rounds of IVF, ultimately choosing to do a third round with a “totally different” mindset. When she got the good news that she was pregnant, Lloyd says that she hugged her husband and “for the first time in a long time, felt at peace.”
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“It is still hard to believe I am pregnant,” Lloyd writes. “It truly is a miracle, and we are so excited to be parents!”
“I have been told that nothing I have accomplished or faced in my soccer life will ever be as great as being a mom,” she continues. “I know this will change me forever, and I am so excited for the journey. This was not an easy journey, but that’s true of most things in life that are worthwhile. Brian and I look forward to loving and raising a strong little one to be the best version of themselves.”
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