Ayesha Curry revealed Friday that she and husband Steph Curry are growing their family — and maybe looking to mount a full basketball squad — by announcing she is pregnant with their fourth child.
The entrepreneurial wife of the Golden State Warriors star made this announcement in the most glam way possible, by sharing a stylish photo of herself and her growing baby bump on the cover of her Sweet July magazine. The Instagram post from Sweet July didn’t reveal many details about her pregnancy, only that the magazine’s founder “excitedly announces her growing family.”
The photo shows the 34-year-old cookbook author and lifestyle entrepreneur reclining against two cafe chairs and wearing a nude bralette, blazer and strappy white sandals, while cradling her bump. Among other things, the post doesn’t say anything about Ayesha’s due date, which will no doubt lead Warriors fans to speculate on whether the pregnancy was timed so that she won’t give birth until after the NBA finals.
Ayesha and Steph — who first met when they were teens in North Carolina in 2003 and tied the knot in July 2011 — are parents to daughters Riley, 11, and Ryan, 8, and son Canon, 5.
This pregnancy might strike some as a surprise, given that Ayesha was so open about how difficult her third pregnancy was in 2018. She shared on Instagram in April 2018 that she suffered from a rare pregnancy condition that is often described as an extreme, 24/7 onslaught of morning sickness that goes on for months. The condition is hyperemesis gravidarum, or HG. Britain’s Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, also dealt with HG throughout her three pregnancies.
The Washington Post called HG “a 24-hour-a-day marathon of nausea and vomiting that can last throughout the first trimester and, in many cases, for the entire pregnancy.” HG can lead to some expectant mothers losing 10% of their body weight — at a time when they are supposed to gain weight.
It can cause severe dehydration, nutritional disorders, metabolic imbalances and even thyroid and liver dysfunction, according to Parents.com. All this means that HG can be debilitating, leaving women unable to get out of bed, much less go to work or take care of their other kids.
It’s also been known to put some women in the hospital so they can treated with a combination of intravenous fluids and anti-nausea medications. Ayesha in 2018 disclosed that she had been to the hospital at least five times while pregnant with Canon, and felt like she had “pretty much been sucking at life.”
The Sweet July cover makes it appear that Ayesha might have been fortunate to avoid HG this go-around, or at least the worst aspects of it. In the photo, she certainly looks like she’s glowing and feeling good enough to happily pose in a bralette and snappy sandals.