Carli Lloyd.
Joy Malone/Getty ImagesCarli Lloyd and her husband, Brian Hollinsexpand your squad!
“Baby Hollins coming in October 2024!” Lloyd, 41, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, May 1, “It’s been a roller coaster ride getting to this point. We are so excited to be parents! I couldn’t have gotten through this without my amazing husband Brian. He really kept me going.”
Lloyd noted that she and Hollins are “so grateful” for the “role and support” they have received from their family and friends. She also gave a warm shout-out to her doctor, noting that the doctor’s office “will always hold a special place in her life.”
“My story is a happy one at this time, but I know there are other women who face challenges on their journey to pregnancy,” she wrote. “I see you and I understand your pain. I hope more and more women speak out on this issue because their stories have helped me.”
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Lloyd continued her message by expressing her “desire for more resources, funding and education around fertility treatments.” She concluded: “There is still a lot to do and I hope I can contribute!”
Alongside the note, Lloyd shared several snaps, including an ultrasound image of the baby, and showed off his growing baby bump.
Sincerely Women’s Health In an article published on Wednesday, Lloyd opened up about her difficult journey to motherhood.
“I was very naive to think we wouldn’t have any problems getting pregnant,” she wrote. “And that’s how it started. The casualness, whatever happens, turns into disappointment month after month. I started to feel like this was a race against the clock – my 40-year-old biological clock.”
After struggling to get pregnant, Lloyd turned to in vitro fertilization (IVF) – but she initially felt “ashamed” and embarrassed.
“But over time, I realized that they are all human and that many women go through similar problems,” Lloyd wrote. “There is a stigma around needing help or having to undergo fertility treatment.”
It’s been a difficult road to parenthood for many celebrity parents, including Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. After in vitro fertilization didn’t work on the first try, Teigen wondered if she’d done something wrong. “You just look for something to blame, especially yourself,” Teigen told New York Magazine’s The Cut in April […]
Lloyd underwent two rounds of IVF before deciding to approach the third with a “completely different” mindset. When she found out she was pregnant, Lloyd recalled, she and Hollins felt “peace” “for the first time in a long time.”
“It’s still hard to believe I’m pregnant,” she wrote. “It is truly a miracle and we are so excited to be parents!”
While Lloyd noted that it was “not an easy journey,” “but that is true of most things in life that are worthwhile.”
“I was told that nothing I have achieved or experienced in my football life will ever be as great as motherhood,” she wrote. “I know this will change me forever and I’m so excited for the journey.”