Lyon midfielder Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir, with her husband Arni and son Ragnar, was back playing for Iceland four months after giving birthFootball-playing mothers will figure in this summer’s Euros like never before, with enough mums across the teams to form their own first XI and a handful of substitutes.Iceland’s line-up includes the most mothers, with five in total. That explains why, during their last competitive meet-up for World Cup qualifiers in April, the talk at one table turned to babies.”I remember we were about six [players] sitting with a coffee and just talking about our birth experiences,” the newest mum in the squad, midfielder Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir, tells BBC Sport.Having given birth to her son in November and with her sights set on a comeback in time for the Euros, the 31-year-old record caps holder now looks back on that chat as an important one.”When you have role models playing and at a good level, having a baby and coming back, still on the national team, that did a lot for me,” she says.”We all go through our own experience, but to know they did it, it was inspiring for me and it still is, and it should be inspiring for all other women.”All you need to know about Euro 2022How to follow the Euros on the BBCA guide to the Iceland teamOf seven mothers aiming to make Iceland coach Thorsteinn Halldorsson’s Euro squad, West Ham midfielder Dagny Brynjarsdottir, veteran defender Sif Atladottir, goalkeeper Sandra Sigurdardottir and her Valur team… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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