Alex Morgan was the World Cup's top scorer this summer and has two World Cup golds and one Olympic gold with the USA on the track record.
As she is expected to give birth to her first child, a daughter, in April it will be a battle against the clock to come back to games and find the shape so tight. But it is not impossible.
Both Joy Fewcett and Christie Rampone came back and played the Olympics after giving birth to children and this week came the message that Isabelle Gulldén is back in the handball team, just three months after giving birth to her first child, Lias.