{"id":838109,"date":"2026-08-01T16:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/838109\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T16:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:23:12","slug":"nfl-alum-patrick-murtagh-and-girlfriend-mourn-death-of-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/838109\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Alum Patrick Murtagh and Girlfriend Mourn Death of Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former NFL player and Aussie Rules football star Patrick Murtagh and his girlfriend, Hannah Orval, are mourning the death<\/a> of their baby boy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeelo Michael Murtagh, born into this big world early and sleeping. \ud83e\udd0d\ud83d\udc7c,\u201d the couple wrote in a joint Instagram<\/a> post shared Friday, July 31, announcing their son\u2019s stillborn birth. \u201cHe will forever be the biggest missing piece of the rest of our story.\u201d<\/p>\n

They continued, \u201cTo be a family for even just for a day was irreplaceable. Childbirth, I would do it over again every day in every lifetime to meet him. We are absolutely devestated [sic], but forever [Meelo is] our biggest achievement in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murtagh, 26, also shared the tribute to his Instagram Stories, writing, \u201cMMM,\u201d alongside a dove and a heart emoji.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tBritish fitness influencer Meggan Kirkland has revealed that she suffered a pregnancy loss. \u201cRecently, we found out a new little human was joining our family, and quickly, the life we had started to imagine as a 4, was gone,\u201d Meggan, 29, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, February 17, referencing husband Niall Kirkland. \u201cLike a shooting [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

Orval, 27, shared another message following the heartbreaking loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my baby boy, Meelo, I dream for a lifetime of being your momma, and I walk you through your next life too because I\u2019ll always be your mumma,\u201d Orval wrote via her Instagram Stories in a personal letter to her late son. \u201cMy heart will forever be frozen in time to the day we met you. Your little fingers, your little toes, your daddy\u2019s nose.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cWhere two truths can exist simultaneously, our day with you was both the most incredibly magical and utterly heartbreaking day, though [I am] forever grateful for it because I re-live it every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The influencer further stated that she, Murtagh and Meelo \u201calways will be a family\u201d no matter what.<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss you more than I can even begin to comprehend,\u201d Orval continued. \u201cMy heart goes out to all the mums and dads who know what this grief feels like, I\u2019m sorry. The receipt for love is grief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orval also called childbirth \u201cthe most sacred thing\u201d she has experienced.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pain that we, as mothers, would choose to go through over and over again in every lifetime. Nothing could ever prepare you for the feeling of your baby touching your skin for the first time, now I understand,\u201d she said. \u201cThough we are strong as mothers to bare these children, I 1785601389 understood more in that moment the real power of who we choose to have kids with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In addition, Orval offered praise to Murtagh, who previously played football<\/a> for the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing that never wavered for even a moment was the strength of Meelo\u2019s dad,\u201d she said of her partner. \u201cFrom the moment we stepped into the room, he wiped my tears, he held my hand, he walked me to the bathroom, he warmed up my blankets \u2026 the list goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orval added, \u201cBecause I was giving birth and because I was grieving, all the time he was too but me and Meelo were never once left without his tenderness. I will be forever in debt to the man that carried us both through this world. Meelo would have been the greatest of men watching and learning from his dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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