‘Pregnancy does not mean game over’: meet the footballers challenging the myths | Women’s football

Claire Emslie wasn’t expecting to be able to run at 81% of her max speed at 32 weeks pregnant.

Emslie, a Scotland international who also plays as a forward for Angel City FC, documented her journey through pregnancy and football training on social media and is part of a growing number of professional female footballers who are getting pregnant in their athletic prime and approaching…