Netherlands soccer player Cody Gakpo and his partner, Noa van der Bij, announced their unborn son died during pregnancy amid the World Cup.
“With broken hearts, we share the devastating news that our baby boy passed away during pregnancy,” van der Bij wrote via her Instagram Story on Saturday, June 27, alongside a photo of the couple holding hands on top of a blanket and knit hat.
Van der Bij thanked her followers for their “love and support,” revealing that the couple planned on naming their son Elijah.
“Forever loved,” she wrote. “Forever our son.”
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