{"id":80400,"date":"2026-04-20T02:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/soccer-star-carli-lloyd-43-pregnant-with-baby-no-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T02:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:14:16","slug":"soccer-star-carli-lloyd-43-pregnant-with-baby-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/soccer-star-carli-lloyd-43-pregnant-with-baby-no-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Star Carli Lloyd, 43, Pregnant With Baby No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Retired soccer star <b>Carli Lloyd <\/b>and her husband, <b>Brian Hollins<\/b>, are expanding their family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOur family is growing, and we couldn\u2019t be more grateful!\u201d Lloyd, 43, wrote via <span class=\"s1\">Instagram<\/span> on Sunday, April 19. \u201cWe\u2019re soaking in every bit of gratitude, love, and excitement as we prepare to welcome another little miracle into our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She continued, \u201cBeing blessed with another baby still feels hard to believe, and our hearts are so full.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lloyd further revealed that she is due in September 2026, adding \u201cFamily of Four,\u201d \u201cIVF Journey,\u201d \u201cGrateful\u201d and \u201cBlessed\u201d hashtags to her post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2217849709-brittany-wisniewski.jpg?crop=0px%2C137px%2C1333px%2C752px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"GettyImages-2217849709-brittany-wisniewski\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2217849709-brittany-wisniewski.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Celeb Pregnancy Announcements of 2026<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMany stars are expanding their families in 2026. Riverdale alum Charles Melton\u2019s girlfriend, director Camille Summers-Valli, rang in the new year by confirming her pregnancy with their first baby. Two days later, Paradise star Krys Marshall debuted her baby bump at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">In maternity photos, Lloyd cradled her baby bump while Hollins, 41, held up a sonogram photo. Their eldest daughter, 18-month-old Harper stood ahead of them, wearing an adorable pink sweater that read, \u201cBig Sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lloyd and Hollins have been <span class=\"s1\">married since 2016<\/span>. Nearly eight years later, they announced that they were <span class=\"s1\">expecting their first child<\/span>. Daughter Harper arrived in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSo very grateful for this amazing blessing in our lives. By far the hardest thing I have ever endured but the best thing I\u2019ve ever done,\u201d the retired soccer star wrote via Instagram at the time, announcing Harper\u2019s birth. \u201cI am so thankful for the amazing team that surrounded us and helped Harper enter this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added at the time, \u201cWe just can\u2019t get enough of this little peanut. We love love you so much and will do our best to give you the tools necessary in life to be a good human being!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXUncH-DqY_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lloyd also joked that then-baby Harper was a \u201cmini Brian\u201d in an accompanying Instagram hashtag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Prior to welcoming Harper, Lloyd told <span class=\"s1\"><i>Women\u2019s Health<\/i><\/span><i> <\/i>that she faced an \u201cindescribable roller coaster\u201d of a fertility journey.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBeing a mom was always something I wanted, but it wasn\u2019t necessarily something that was always on my mind,\u201d Lloyd told the outlet at the time. \u201cAs a professional soccer player, I was on the sole mission of becoming the best in the world. In order to get there, I knew soccer had to be my No. 1 priority. It would require a selfish mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/pregnant-celebrities-showing-baby-bumps-in-2023-photos-chanel-iman-cupshe.jpg?crop=0px%2C111px%2C1429px%2C808px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Pregnant Chanel Iman Shows Off Baby Bump During Cupshe Swim Runway Show\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/pregnant-celebrities-showing-baby-bumps-in-2023-photos-chanel-iman-cupshe.jpg?quality=62&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Pregnant Celebrities\u2019 Baby Bump Hall of Fame<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tClaire Danes, Blake Lively and more celebrities have been documenting their pregnancy milestones in 2023. The\u00a0Homeland\u00a0alum debuted her baby bump at the 80th Annual Golden Globes, one day after news broke that she is expecting her third child with husband Hugh Dancy. \u201cEek, I know. Number three. Prego. This one was not intentional, but here [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lloyd retired from pro soccer in 2021, but wanted to enjoy her post-athletic career before expanding their family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIn the summer of 2022, Brian and I thought it was time to try to get pregnant and see where it would lead us. My whole life revolved around defying odds and proving people wrong,\u201d she recalled. \u201cThe casual \u2018whatever happens, happens\u2019 turned into disappointment month after month. I was starting to feel like this was a race against the clock \u2014 my 40-year-old biological clock.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired soccer star Carli Lloyd and her husband, Brian Hollins, are expanding their family. \u201cOur family is growing, and we couldn\u2019t be more grateful!\u201d Lloyd, 43, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, April 19. \u201cWe\u2019re soaking in every bit of gratitude, love, and excitement as we prepare to welcome another little miracle into our lives.\u201d She [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-trends-and-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carli-Lloyd-and-Family-IG_1775752118_3871610935920461005_26997247.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}