Sam Kerr and partner Kristie Mewis announce they are having a baby | Matildas

The Matildas captain, Sam Kerr, and her companion have introduced they’re having a child due subsequent 12 months.

Kerr made the announcement on Instagram together with her American companion and fellow footballer, Kristie Mewis.

The pair are pictured in a collage of black and white pictures, holding up a picture of the ultrasound scan and, in one other, Kerr pointing to Mewis’s abdomen.

Kerr, 31, and Mewis, 33, have been collectively since 2021 and bought engaged final 12 months. Mewis confirmed they had been engaged final November after a number of weeks of hypothesis fuelled partially by social posts that includes her carrying a diamond ring on her engagement finger.

On the time, Mewis mentioned that alongside together with her mother and father and sister, Kerr had “simply been all the pieces” to her. “My largest supporter, at all times listening to me nag and complain, all of my loopy antics,” she mentioned.

The pair have spoken concerning the significance of sharing their relationship on social media to normalise “being two women in love”.

Kerr and Mewis’s publish was stuffed with congratulatory feedback inside minutes of its showing, with one saying “bubba is so cherished already”.

Each Mewis and Kerr represented their international locations on the current World Cup. In June, Kerr signed a contract extension at Chelsea with the brand new deal retaining her on the membership till 2026. Mewis performs for West Ham United.

Kerr missed out on her likelihood to make the squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics this 12 months as a consequence of her rehabilitation from knee surgical procedure after rupturing her ACL in January.