Olympian Missy Franklin revealed she was pregnant on Halloween

Mrs. Franklin she will become a girl, a mother of two children!

On Thursday, October 31, the former Olympic swimmer (29) announced that: Instagram that she is pregnant and expecting her second daughter with husband Hayes Johnson. To make the reveal, the couple and their daughter Sarah Caitlin, 3, dressed up as superheroes and showed off an ultrasound photo to celebrate Halloween.

“We couldn’t be happier to announce that we’re adding another superhero to the family!” – wrote the proud mother under sweet family photos. “Baby Johnson number two will be available in March.”

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She added that Sarah “couldn’t be more excited to be a big sister and she’s going to be the BEST big sister.”

“We are over the moon and can’t believe our blessings. “We are so grateful that our family is growing,” she continued in her caption. “Happy Halloween from the three of us, soon to be FOUR!!.”

Franklin was just 17 years old when she competed in the 2012 London Summer Olympics, where she won an impressive four gold medals for the United States and became a household name, but as she told PEOPLE in 2020, she can now barely swim due to previous shoulder injuries. durable.

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“I really can’t,” she said. “I mean, my arms hurt so much that I might be able to jump in the pool and swim leisurely for 20, 30 minutes, but that’s about as much as my old, broken arms can take at the moment.”

Franklin, who won her fifth and final gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics announced her retirement in December 2018, he is clear about the possibility of returning to swimming: “Absolutely not.”

“I never had the second shoulder surgery that I needed, and I just… I really don’t think getting back into the water at this point in my life would be the best thing for my physical and mental health,” she explained. “I feel like I’ve given this sport everything I can, and now I have to do well out of the water.”