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Taylor Swift's Super Bowl LIX experience probably won't resonate with the wives and girlfriends of those playing in New Orleans.

Whereas Travis Kelce's pop-star sweetheart arrived Saturday aboard her private jet, Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles spouses have spent a chaotic week navigating the biggest stage in sports. Ticket requests, promotional events, the demands of family and friends, not to mention the needs of their husband or boyfriend are just some of the entailing duties.

The women reductively referred to as 'WAGs' aren't playing on Super Bowl Sunday, but that doesn't make the week leading up to the game any easier for them.

To Super Bowl winner and three-time NFC champion Ndamukong Suh, the stress is equal for players and their significant others, as he recalls from his three trips to the big game.

'I think it depends on the family dynamics and those different pieces, because people with big families, 90 percent of that stuff the guys leave to their spouses to deal with,' the Sky Sports NFL analyst told DailyMail.com. 'So their wives and significant others are running with their heads cut off with dealing with 50 tickets, 60 tickets, 30 tickets, whatever it is. ''I gotta get you passes. I gotta do this. I gotta do that.'''

His wife Katya remembers far more stressors, like being pregnant with twins during the COVID-era Super Bowl of 2021 and having toddlers Kingston and Khari to worry about at Super Bowl LVII a few years later. And then there's the social pressure to be as glamorous as the other supportive spouses — a very real consideration, according to Katya.

Katya Suh has a lot to be excited about right now.

Not only is she currently pregnant with twins, her first foray into motherhood, but her husband Ndamukong Suh, defensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is about to play in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

"To say we are excited is an understatement," Katya tells PEOPLE, sharing exclusive maternity photos. "And for it to be here in Tampa too, is just kind of a whirlwind, to say the least!"

Katya says there was "a lot of screaming and yelling at home" when she watched the Buccaneers win and qualify for Super Bowl LV two weekends ago, and Ndamukong sweetly FaceTimed her to celebrate.

"A beautiful thing that I absolutely love about my husband is he FaceTimed me right away," she recalls. "It was something that I was able to be there with him while he was in that raw emotion of just being so excited and so happy. I still felt like I was there even if I wasn't physically there."

Updating on her pregnancy progress, Katya says she's struggled with morning sickness during a "rough" first trimester. Looking ahead to welcoming her two new additions soon, the mom-to-be says she's eagerly awaiting the "challenges of parenthood."

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"It might sound a little odd, but I'm looking forward to the challenges of parenthood," she explains. "I think it's such a great thing, in a unique way, of seeing a lot of different couples grow together as you get hit with different adversity. ... You can only prepare so much."

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There is a special “sisterhood” among the significant others of professional athletes, and as the partners of Eagles and Chiefs players make their way to Arizona for Super Bowl 2023, Katya Suh is savoring this unique ride with her peers.

“We’re all kind of going through this version of life together,” Katya, the wife of Eagles defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, recently told The Post.

“Whether you’re a rookie coming in, there’s women in front of you who have done it before you. Or if you’re a vet, there are other vets as well, and you can help and kind of show people the way, whether it’s going to a Super Bowl or traveling or doing things together, it’s really nice, it’s like a sisterhood, a support system.”

Suh, the second overall pick by the Lions in the 2010 NFL Draft, is readying for his third Super Bowl appearance. He previously competed for the Rams in Super Bowl 2019, when Los Angeles fell to the New England Patriots, and won his first championship in 2021 as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he was teammates with the newly retired Tom Brady.

The 36-year-old Suh signed a one-year contract with Philadelphia in November and hopes to capture his second ring with the Eagles, an organization he and Katya — who have been married since 2020 — have long admired.

“When we decided to come to Philly, we knew it was such a great team and Philly has always been a place that he’s wanted to come and play and be a part of, and for me, I love the city of Philly, and I really have appreciated the fans of Philly as well,” Katya said.

A former Division I college basketball player at Nebraska, Katya appreciates the passion of the Eagles’ fan base, noting their love for the game mirrors that of the Cornhuskers’ supporters.

“Being a former Husker