{"id":262932,"date":"2022-02-19T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T17:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=262932"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:18:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T00:18:05","slug":"nfl-player-super-bowl-races-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nfl-player-super-bowl-races-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL player wins Super Bowl, then races to birth of his child: &#8216;It was a great day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Los Angeles Rams player Van Jefferson had more than just a Super Bowl victory to celebrate last Sunday \u2014 he also welcomed the birth of his new son.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/van-jefferson-helps-los-angeles-rams-super-bowl\/story?id=82873046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, Van&#8217;s wife, Samaria, went into labor during the middle of the game and was seen leaving the stadium on a stretcher shortly after halftime. Samaria later explained on the TODAY show that her contractions started earlier that day, but they were spaced far enough apart that she wasn&#8217;t concerned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just knew I wanted to push through as long as I could,&#8221; she said according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-10520623\/Rams-Van-Jefferson-wife-Samaria-introduce-son-Today-Super-Bowl-birth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>. But as the game progressed, things picked up. &#8220;I was wincing in pain, and then watching Van,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It was just crazy, but at half-time was when I was like, OK, it&#8217;s getting worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FESPN%2Fphotos%2Fa.114588455254586%2F5608521439194566%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"615\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Samaria spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/63476#selection-323.0-325.302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Athletic<\/a> before the game, explaining that she wouldn&#8217;t let being 40 weeks pregnant stop her from attending.\u00a0\u201cJust like any other game, I\u2019m going to be there this Sunday and I\u2019m going to stay calm \u2026 and pray to God my water doesn\u2019t break,\u201d she said. \u201cI am 100 percent going to be there. I would not miss this moment for anything. I will be 40 weeks pregnant at the Super Bowl, supporting my husband 100 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-message-nfl-star-lives\/\">NFL star speaks powerful pro-life message: \u2018There are no unplanned lives\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She went on to explain that she had left strict instructions that no one was to notify Van if she did go into labor during the game \u2014 which is exactly what happened. \u201cHe\u00a0is going to play. He is going to keep playing,\u201d she said. \u201cI said, \u2018You play, I\u2019ll see you at the hospital afterwards.\u2019\u00a0That\u2019s what it is. I will never take that moment away from him. I want to see him glorify God on the field that day. \u2026\u00a0Knowing Van and how he is so caring, he just worries so much about me and the kids. \u2026 If\u00a0I did tell him or someone told him during the game, he would come off that field. We\u2019re saying, \u2018Hey, you go play. We\u2019ll see you after.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, Van wasn&#8217;t told until the game&#8217;s end that Samaria was in labor. With that news, he quickly left his celebrating teammates behind and exited the stadium with the couple&#8217;s five-year-old daughter to join Samaria at the hospital. Within hours, he posted on social media that the baby had arrived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great day, bro. I got three prizes today. My wife, my son and the Super Bowl,&#8221; he said in an Instagram Live, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/dads\/rams-van-jefferson-wife-goes-labor-super-bowl-rcna16137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TODAY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/?ref=br_rs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Rams player Van Jefferson had more than just a Super Bowl victory to celebrate last Sunday \u2014 he also welcomed the birth of his new son. 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