Gary Rohan and Madi Bennett expecting first child, eight months after marriage

Geelong star Gary Rohan has captured the hearts of fans on social media after sharing the news he and his wife are expecting.

The Geelong Cats livewire shared the happy news to their Instagram accounts on Friday with a photo of the sonogram.

Rohan uploaded the post which showed a blank polaroid displayed on a sheet which unblurred to reveal the sonogram of the baby.

“Grow’n a Rohan. Our rainbow baby is on the way,” he captioned the post.

“What felt like the longest journey to hearing your heart beat, was worth every second to soon have you in our arms. We are so excited to be your Mum & Dad.”

The 32-year-old also included a paragraph with a heartfelt message to those who, like him, may have suffered the pain of losing a child through pregnancy.

Rohan shares two children with his ex-wife Amie, with the couple’s third daughter Willow Nevaeh dying just five hours after being born.

The heartbreaking death was a result of a fatal neural tube defect with no cure known as anencephaly.

“I want to take a moment to acknowledge those who see this post with a broken heart of their own,” he wrote.

“A feeling of which I know all too well. When it feels like the whole world is falling pregnant, and you’re suffering unimaginable grief after losing your own, it’s the hardest post to see.

“I just want to say to all of those who know this feeling, or are feeling it now, please know you are not alone. I hear you, I see you, I feel you. We are 1 in 4.”