Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy have a lot to celebrate and that’s what they are doing. The professional dancers announced they’re expecting another baby, following a difficult fertility journey marked by multiple miscarriages.
Peta and Maksim are overjoyed and excited.
On Instagram, Peta shared the pregnancy news with her fans, friends, and followers.
"It brings me immense joy to finally announce that @maksimc and I are expecting our Chmerkovskiy #2," she wrote along with several photos showing off her growing bump.
Peta gave some details of what these past two years have been as she’s tried to expand her family.
"After 2 years of constant struggle and heartache, 3 miscarriages and a failed embryo transfer…we have a healthy bun in the oven :)) It was a shock to all of us and we found out right before I was going in for my second round of IVF," she wrote.
The happy couple are also parents to 6-year-old Shai Aleksander.
The mama of two to be expressed her thanks and gratitude for the support she’s received.
"I want to thank ALL OF YOU who’ve been on this fertility journey with me from the beginning. It feels like I’m sharing this news with my extended family,” she wrote.
“Thank you for sharing your stories and tips to get me through my IVF cycle and thank you for the plethora of encouraging comments and DM’s …I read them all."
Finishing her announcement, Peta shared the due date for her little bundle.
"This news has brought extraordinary bliss to our family and we have so much to be grateful for ….coming June 2023," she wrote.
In an interview with People, Peta shared that her pregnancy was conceived without the use of IVF.
"All natural, it happened," she shared. "I didn’t even know I was pregnant for so long until I was really feeling sick. I danced through Dancing with the Stars with it. I started feeling weird, started feeling a little bit sick and a little bloated and I didn’t want to test for weeks.”
And after a few weeks feeling off, she took a pregnancy test.
"I think it was the fastest positive I’ve ever seen in my life," Peta shared, and the good news came at an important time for her.
"I was at a stage where I had let [the idea of pregnancy] go," she explained. "I was about to call it. I had called the IVF doctor to start my second round again and I had let it go. As in I was like, ‘If I’m a one-time mom, if I have one child for the rest of my life, I have to be happy with it.
“I think that was also a catalyst for me, for my body and my mind and my soul to let it go and to move on and not have this harboring feeling inside of me that I needed more,” she added. “And to just be grateful for what I have.”
Congrats to Peta, Maksim, and big brother Shai!
