{"id":13810,"date":"2017-11-14T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/11\/14\/former-captains-of-u-s-and-canadian-womens-hockey-teams-celebrate-their-baby\/"},"modified":"2017-11-14T18:51:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T18:51:00","slug":"former-captains-of-u-s-and-canadian-womens-hockey-teams-celebrate-their-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/former-captains-of-u-s-and-canadian-womens-hockey-teams-celebrate-their-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Captains Of U.S. And Canadian Women's Hockey Teams Celebrate Their Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They were once Olympic rivals \u2014 one the captain of the U.S. women’s hockey team, the other the captain of Canada’s women’s hockey team. But now Julie Chu and Caroline Ouellette are celebrating the birth of their daughter, and they’re melting hockey fans’ hearts.<\/p>\n

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On November 5th, at 10:18pm, after 40 weeks and 2 days, Julie and I welcomed to the world our beautiful daughter Liv. I feel truly blessed to experience this incredible adventure with my love and best friend Julie. I did not realise it was possible to love this much until I met this little buddle of joy! It was a happy pregnancy for us. Liv was on the ice to win the Clarkson Cup with Les Canadiennes de Montr\u00e9al this past March. We spent the summer coaching the sport we love with great friends. Thanks to our families and friends for your support and for being part of this new journey. Cheers to the sleepless nights to come! Le 5 novembre dernier, \u00e0 22:18, apr\u00e8s 40 semaines et 2 jours, Julie et moi avons accueilli notre magnifique fille Liv. Je suis tellement choy\u00e9e de vivre ce moment incroyable avec l’amour de ma vie et ma meilleure amie Julie. Je ne croyais pas qu’il \u00e9tait possible d’aimer autant avant de la rencontrer! Ce fut une grossesse heureuse pour nous. Liv \u00e9tait sur la glace pour remporter la Coupe Clarkson avec Les Canadiennes de Montr\u00e9al en Mars dernier. Notre \u00e9t\u00e9 fut pass\u00e9 \u00e0 enseigner le sport qu’on aime avec nos meilleures amies. Merci \u00e0 tous nos familles et amis pour votre support et de faire partie de cette aventure. Cheers aux nuits blanches \u00e0 venir!<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by Caroline Ouellette (@caroouellette13) on Nov 13, 2017 at 8:12am PST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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“I feel truly blessed to experience this incredible adventure with my love and best friend Julie,” the Canadian Ouellette wrote on Instagram<\/a>, announcing their baby’s birth earlier this month. “I did not realize it was possible to love this much until I met this little buddle of joy!”<\/p>\n

The couple posted images of their birth announcement, saying that Liv Chu-Ouellette was born at 10:18 p.m. on Nov. 5, weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces. A separate photo showed little Liv bundled in swaddling, wearing an “All Star” infants’ cap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Their baby’s arrival caps an extraordinary year for Chu and Ouellette. In the spring, they won the Canadian Women’s Hockey League’s Clarkson Cup together, as teammates on the Montreal Canadiennes. And now, as hockey site The Ice Garden reports<\/a>, fans are realizing that Ouellette was pregnant at the time.<\/p>\n

Ouellette said, “It was a happy pregnancy for us. Liv was on the ice to win the Clarkson Cup with Les Canadiennes de Montr\u00e9al this past March.”<\/p>\n