Kerr and Mewis announce birth of baby boy Jagger

Women's shot stars Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis person announced nan commencement of their first kid together.

Chelsea and Australia striker Kerr and West Ham and United States guardant Mewis posted a image connected Instagram, external of them together pinch their newborn son.

"Our small man is here, Jagger Mewis-Kerr," publication nan caption connected Kerr's societal media page.

The mates announced they were expecting a child successful November.

Their societal media station received homophobic comments from immoderate users, which were roundly condemned wrong women's football.

Chelsea head Sonia Bompastor called nan abusive comments "unacceptable", while Blues skipper Millie Bright said she wanted to spot "more done" by societal media companies to tackle abuse.

The station announcing nan commencement of babe Jagger received affirmative comments from galore figures successful women's football, including Bright and Kerr's Australia team-mates Katrina Gorry and Caitlin Foord.

Kerr, 31, and Mewis, 34, person been together since 2021 and exchanged rings successful November 2023.

Mewis, who carried nan baby, played conscionable erstwhile for West Ham successful nan 2024-25 Women's Super League play earlier her pregnancy, while Kerr has not featured astatine each for Chelsea arsenic she recovers from a superior knee injury.

The mates were successful nan spotlight earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile Kerr was connected proceedings for racially aggravated harassment, for which she was recovered not guilty.

Mewis attended tribunal each time and testified successful defence of her partner.