{"id":910879,"date":"2026-09-30T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910879\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:14:12","slug":"afl-2026-jordan-and-milly-dawson-announce-pregnancy-loss-of-unborn-child-earlier-this-year-adelaide-crows-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910879\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL 2026: Jordan and Milly Dawson announce pregnancy, loss of unborn child earlier this year, Adelaide Crows, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide captain Jordan Dawson and his wife Milly have announced they are expecting their first child, after experiencing a pregnancy loss earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The couple shared the news to Instagram on Wednesday afternoon, saying they \u201ccan\u2019t wait to meet\u201d their \u201cbaby Daws\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of AFLW LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790763252_767_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dd5rp08TLkO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">In an emotional post,<\/a> they reflected on their journey to becoming parents and revealed the pregnancy comes after the loss of their first baby earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur baby Daws. We can\u2019t wait to meet you x,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cSending a mountain of love and strength to everyone on their journeys. It\u2019s important for us to acknowledge that this is our second pregnancy this year. It\u2019s a conversation we never wanted to ignore. Our angel baby expanded our hearts and taught us more than we ever thought possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis little baby will have some very special stars up there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan (left) and Milly (right) in their Instagram video announcing they are expecting.Source: Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes after a difficult year for Dawson and his family, with his older brother Jaryd passing away in April, aged 35.<\/p>\n<p>Dawson has since spoken openly about mental health, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/afl-2026-jordan-dawson-speech-on-mental-health-after-tragic-passing-of-brother-jaryd-video-most-courageous-player-award-latest-news\/news-story\/401a0b5d44ff96c9393e4ff6ef88b365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">highlighted by a heartfelt message at the AFL Awards in late August<\/a> to those experiencing mental health struggles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to say, obviously the mental health space is something that\u2019s pretty new and pretty raw to me at the moment, but it\u2019s definitely something that I want to learn a bit more about,\u201d Dawson said at Melbourne\u2019s Centrepiece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to wish anyone who\u2019s struggled with mental health out there, or who is struggling with mental health, to know that you are definitely loved, and the world is a better place with you in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that you are enough, and that we all love you, and that you have beautiful family and friends around you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said, it\u2019s a space that I really want to get into, and when the time\u2019s right, I\u2019ll enter that. But like I said, you are enough, and you are loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dawson earned his third All-Australian jacket this year, and was recognised as the honorary side\u2019s vice-captain.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adelaide captain Jordan Dawson and his wife Milly have announced they are expecting their first child, after experiencing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-910879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}