AFLW star Moana Hope announces pregnancy with model wife Isabella Carlstrom: ‘We’re building our own little football team’
Moana Hope has revealed she is expecting her first child with her model wife Isabella Carlstrom.
The former AFLW star, 33, shared the news on Instagram Wednesday evening alongside a gallery of touching family images.
‘I’m pregnant… we’re pregnant, Moana began, before adding, ‘2022 our little modern family will grow by one tiny human. Building our own little football team.’
Congratulations: AFLW star Moana Hope announced her pregnancy with model wife Isabella Carlstrom on Wednesday evening, sharing the news to Instagram
‘We are using the same donor as Svea and we are all beyond excited. Not even the morning sickness can damper this mood.
‘Thank you for making this possible @monashivf.’
In the first image, the couple are seen beaming as they hold up a picture of the Moana’s sonogram, while holding baby daughter Svea.
In a second image, Moana and Isabella are seen sharing a tender kiss, clearly celebrating the momentous occasion.
A third image sees mums and bub posing for another photo, before they’re joined by Moana’s sister Lavinia, or Vinny.
Touching: In a second image, Moana and Isabella are seen sharing a tender kiss, clearly celebrating the momentous occasion
‘I’m pregnant… we’re pregnant, Moana began, before adding, ‘2022 our little modern family will grow by one tiny human. Building our own little football team.’
Moana recently revealed her desire to bare a child.
‘I’ve always wanted to go through pregnancy myself. I’ve really wanted to experience that my whole life, I promised that,’ Moana told Yahoo.
She added: ‘We always said we wanted three kids. Bel would go first because I was playing footy and stuff, and then I’d go second and then she would take the third.’
Family: A third image sees mums and bub posing for another photo, before they’re joined by Moana’s sister Lavinia, or Vinny. All pictured
The doting mother recently revealed she has begun the IVF process.
Earlier this year, Moana told The Ash London Podcast: ‘We’re waiting for my period to inseminate. I’ll be next – fingers crossed.’
The former footballer explained: ‘We’re going to have three babies. I’ll have the next one and Belle will have the third one – as long as I don’t have twins.’
‘I’ve always wanted to go through pregnancy myself. I’ve really wanted to experience that my whole life, I promised that,’ Moana told Yahoo
As a second-time mother and first-time carrier, Moana said she felt ‘prepared because I’ve watched Belle go through it, but unprepared because I don’t know how it feels’.
She added: ‘I say to Belle every day, ‘I don’t know what you’re going through when you sit up all night and breastfeed. I can see it but I don’t know what it feels like.’
The ex-Collingwood star continued: ‘So for me I’m so excited to now know how it feels like… I’m excited to go through it.
Moana added: She added: ‘We always said we wanted three kids. Bel would go first because I was playing footy and stuff, and then I’d go second and then she would take the third’
‘If you want to and you have the option and you want to be a mum… going through that pregnancy stage is one of the greatest gifts of life. You’re literally growing a human in your stomach.’
The couple welcomed their daughter, Svea, last November after undergoing IVF.
They tied the knot in an intimate wedding ceremony in August 2019.
Love: The couple welcomed their daughter, Svea, last November after undergoing IVF. They tied the knot in an intimate wedding ceremony in August 2019
