Jessica Ennis-Hill “couldn’t be happier” after giving birth to her baby boy yesterday.
The heptathlete star made the decision to sacrifice this year’s Commonwealth and European championships to start a family with her husband, Andy Hill, and yesterday (July 17) her nine-month journey came to an end.
Ennis-Hill tweeted a photo of her new-born – Reggie – in the early hours of the morning:
Our beautiful baby boy Reggie Ennis-Hill was born yesterday. We couldn’t be happier x pic.twitter.com/2KrMEccFSK
— Jessica Ennis-Hill (@J_Ennis) July 18, 2014
The 2012 Olympic gold medallist announced the news of her “unexpected” pregnancy earlier this year, and has every intention of returning to competition in the near future.
The 28-year-old will watch compatriot Katarina Johnson-Thompson fight for gold in Glasgow, but hopes to be back in contention herself by 2015 – on the road to her long-term goal of defending her Olympic crown.
Fellow athletes took to Twitter to congratulate Ennis-Hill on the birth of her baby boy:
@J_Ennis amazing, congrats to you and andy xxx
— andy turner (@andyturner110h) July 18, 2014
@J_Ennis Congratulations 🙂
— Sophie Hahn (@SophieHahnT38) July 18, 2014
@J_Ennis congratulations!! Xx
— Jodie Williams (@JodieAlicia27) July 18, 2014
