Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh Share Baby Plans
The decision to delay motherhood in order to focus on a career is almost never easy, but when your career involves being the best in the world, stepping away from the spotlight must seem downright impossible. That’s just what the women’s beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh intend to do next year, however. "Hopefully, we’ll both be pregnant," Kerri tells the LA Times of where she sees the duo at this time next year, "pregnant, but with two gold medals." Misty says that after taking a maternity leave, she and Kerri have every intention of returning to the beach volleyball circuit. "I don’t want to throw the R-word in there," she says, "but I mean, I haven’t had a kid, I don’t know." Misty adds,
Priorities change, and it’s tough what we do, traveling internationally and domestically, and if I feel like I can come back two years down the road or whatever and want to give it a go, great.
For Kerri, motherhood would eclipse even a repeat of her gold medal-winning performance from the 2004 Olympic Games; the duo, who are ranked #1 in the world and have won 18 straight tournaments, are unquestionably the favorites in their sport as they compete this week in Beijing. Regardless, "the greatest accomplishment of all is having a baby," Kerri says.
Misty, 31, is married to Florida Marlins catcher Matt Treanor. Kerri, turning 30 on Friday, is married to fellow pro volleyball player Casey Jennings.
Source: LA Times; Photo by Barry Brecheisen/WireImage.
