'It's inspiring' - more mothers than ever to play at Euro 2022

Of seven mothers aiming to make Iceland coach Thorsteinn Halldorsson's Euro squad, West Ham midfielder Dagny Brynjarsdottir, veteran defender Sif Atladottir, goalkeeper Sandra Sigurdardottir and her Valur team mate Elisa Vidarsdottir made the cut.

"I had doubts," Gunnarsdottir admits. "It's my first time getting pregnant and I don't know my body that way. I've done my anterior cruciate ligament and another injury, you know the steps, how you're going to feel, but with pregnancy you don't know how your body is going to react.""I remember in the middle of the game I just said to myself 'it feels so good'," she recalls.Life away from the grass was testing, however.

Fifpro sees it as a first step. Gunnarsdottir's midfield partner at the last two Euros, Brynjarsdottir, 30, believes the right backing is key to a successful return after pregnancy. The Euros will hold a different challenge for the Iceland centurion, though, because players only have their children in camp if they are under a year old.

"To be honest I am a bit stressed for the Euros because we will be gone for a while," she says. "I feel we're quite attached still, the both of us. It's hard when I know my son wants to be with me and can't be.

I’m not sure about this. Very selfish from these women IMO.

Women who are pregnant are MUCH stronger. Some athletes used to get pregnant before games.. Of course, once the belly shows, one can't run. But before that.. It was a noted-practice ..

What's happening?

A job and motherhood… How groundbreaking 👍🏽

I had a full time job and two children. But that's just me and thousands of other women. No one will write an article about that!!

Female footballers have children ? Wow this is groundbreaking 😮

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