Overview
- The couple disclosed on Instagram that their son, Meelo Michael Murtagh, was born early and stillborn in a joint post shared on Friday, July 31.
- They published black-and-white photos from the hospital and a nursery image and wrote personal tributes that praised each other’s strength during the birth.
- The pregnancy was announced on May 2 as a “rainbow baby,” and Orval has said the couple experienced a separate pregnancy loss about a year earlier.
- Reports use the parents’ posts as the primary source while adding background that Murtagh moved from Australian rules football into U.S. opportunities through the NFL’s International Player Pathway and spent time on several teams’ practice squads without appearing in a regular-season game.
- The couple have not disclosed a medical cause for the stillbirth and their public sharing has prompted wider coverage and conversations about pregnancy loss and support for grieving parents.