Congratulations are in order for AFL star Gary Rohan from the Geelong Cats, as he is expecting a fourth child with partner Madi Rohan!
Trigger warning: This article contains the topic of neonatal death and rainbow babies.
This exciting news comes after Gary sadly lost his daughter Willow with ex-partner Amie Rohan, just hours after her birth in 2018.
Her twin Bella, lives on in her memory as she turns five, and younger sister Sadie who is turning two this year.
Madi Rohan with Gary Rohan’s kids Sadie and Bella, celebrating their dad winning the grand final.
(Image: Instagram)This will be the couple’s first child together, getting married in December 2022.
Gary and Madi have a sports love story for the ages, with Gary the Geelong Cats star meeting Madi while she was a physiotherapist at the Cats club in 2021.
When Gary announced the baby, he reached out to other parents who had also lost a child,
“We want to take a moment to acknowledge those who see this post with a broken heart of their own. A feeling of which Mads and I know all too well.
When it feels like the whole world is falling pregnant, and you’re suffering unimaginable grief after losing your own, it’s the hardest post to see. We just want to say to all of those who know this feeling, or are feeling it now, please know you are not alone.
We hear you, we see you, we feel you. Mads and I are with you, we are 1 in 4.”
Gary Rohan’s ex-partner Amie with kids Sadie and Bella from left to right.
(Image: Instagram)We estimate that Gary and Madi Rohan’s baby is due in February/ March 2024, based on the fact the baby looks eleven to twelve weeks along in the ultrasound.
Sadly, Madi Rohan’s mum won’t be able to be with her when she gives birth to her first child. Due to passing away suddenly from Huntington’s disease when Madi was just 19 in 2013.
But husband Gary will be with her every step of the way, labelling her on Instagram as “one of the strongest people I have ever met. I love you.”
“Mr and Mrs Rohan.”
(Image: Instagram)The beautiful baby announcement with a polaroid lighting up with the ultrasound, was accompanied by the two talking about how excited they were for their rainbow baby. (A term for a baby being born after pregnancy loss, the light after the dark period which one in four parents go through.)
“Grow’n a Rohan
Our rainbow baby is on the way 🤍
What felt like the longest journey to hearing your heartbeat, was worth every second to soon have you in our arms.
We are so excited to be your Mum & Dad.”
