Mia Hamm on her twin pregnancy
by CBB correspondent Joyce:
Soccer star Mia Hamm, who’s six months pregnant with twins, and her husband, Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman, Nomar Garciaparra, literally kicked off their "9 to 5" bone marrow donor and cancer research program on Sunday at Nomar’s old high school, St. John Bosco, in Bellflower, Calif.
After playing soccer with some of the children who have benefited from the program – which Mia created after losing her brother Garrett to aplastic anemia in 1997 – she joked that she wasn’t in the best shape for a game at the moment. "It’s been a while. Some things definitely have changed. I’ve put on a little weight."
The twins, due in mid-April, are already showing some athletic abilities, but Mia, 34, cannot pinpoint which parent they’re taking after yet.
I can feel some kicks. I can’t decide whether that’s like me or like Nomar’s fidgeting when he’s playing baseball.
One thing’s for sure though – they won’t force either sport onto their children. Whatever they play "will be entirely up to them," Nomar, 33, said.
Mia and Nomar have been married for three years. Mia retired from professional soccer in 2004. During halftime at her final game that December, she switched jerseys, exchanging her "Hamm" one for another that read "Garciaparra."
Source: AP via Boston Herald
Thanks to CBB reader Dillon.
