WNBA star Candace Parker comes out and introduces pregnant wife to the world in gorgeous post
Candace Parker and her wife, Anya Petrakova. (Instagram)
WNBA player Candace Parker has come out on Instagram, revealing that she is married and expecting a baby with her wife.Ā
Parker, 35, announced that she has been married to Russian professional basketball player Anya Petrakova for two years, and that the couple are having a baby.
The WNBA star has one child already, 12-year-old Lailaa, who she said is āpumped to be a big sisterā.Ā
Writing on Instagram, Parker said: āTwo years ago, I got to marry my best friend in front of our close family and friends.
“My heart could have exploded. I cried like a babyā¦ To know me or you is to know our love.
āI am proud of us and what we have built and who we have grown to become both individually and together.ā
Posting a carousel of photos, Parker included snaps from her wedding to Petrakova, her wife’s pregnancy, and a shot of the two of them with Lailaa.
She added: āThank you for always loving Lailaa as your own, being my calm, my support, my voice of reason, my laughs, my cuddles, my dance in the rain, my happy, my homeā¦ Thanks for constantly challenging me and telling me when Iām wrong.
āWeāve always dreamed of growing our familyā¦ Itās surreal that we now have a baby on the way! Lailaa is pumped to be a big sister!ā
Parker is not the only team member of the Chicago Sky who has recently celebrated a same-sex marriage.
Two of her teammates wed in 2018: Courtney Vandersloot and Alexandria Quigley.
Quigley wrote on Instagram at the time: āHappiest day of my life! Married my best friend and had all of our favourite people in one room!ā
Vandersloot told the Seattle Times: “I’m lucky enough to play and travel with my wife.
“Itās awesome. We compete. We get at it. We make each other better. Iām hard on her, but thatās how itās been since the beginning. I credit a lot of my individual success to her.”
