Dancing with the Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd and So You Think You Can Dance judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy have announced they're expecting another baby together -- and that the news came as a big surprise to them both!
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"We Are Having A Baby. Yes we know...we just had a baby...haha! This was very unexpected at (4 months postpartum with Rio) but we are sooooo happy and so ready to be a family of 5 soon!" Peta captioned a video of herself revealing the good news to Maksim via FaceTime on her phone.
Peta's pregnancy news comes only seven months after she and Maksim welcomed their second baby, son Rio John, on June 18, 2023.
Ironically, Peta revealed last year that "literally straight after" Rio's birth, Maksim suggested they should have one more child together.
"Surprising @maksimc on this FaceTime with my two friends secretly filming from different angles made it all the more hilarious," Peta continued in her Baby No. 3 announcement.
"It took one hour for me to get the courage to call him, and when he wasn't catching on, we all couldn't stop laughing in the kitchen. I had the 'I'm so sick story,' the pickle, and 2 bottles HAHA! Oh Maks."
The Dancing with the Stars pro went on to call her announcement "special," adding, "After everything we've been through with miscarriages and IVF, we're beyond blessed and know we are uber lucky for this miracle to happen to us."
Peta concluded, "We're just so happy that we can finally tell you guys the good news. #pregnant #partyoffive #preggo #preggers #letsgo."
In the video, Peta tried to drop hints to Maksim that she's pregnant -- including munching on a big pickle, saying they need to move into a bigger place, and filling two bottles at once -- but he wasn't picking up the clues.
"Two bottles? Why? I don't get it," Maksim vented.
"Babe, this is what I'm trying to tell you," Peta says with a big smile, showing him a positive pregnancy test.
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"Babe, stop! No way! What?! Babe, you're pregnant?" Maksim asked.
"Yes, babe! We're pregnant! We're in trouble," Peta responded.
"I'm tearing up. Wow, babe, I'm very happy," Maksim said.
"We've got to look for a house," Peta reiterated. "Father of three, goodbye."
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Peta and Maksim are also parents to six-year-old son Shai, who was born in January 2017. The couple got married six months later in July 2017.
Many members of the Dancing with the Stars family congratulated the happy couple and showed their excitement and support.
Maksim's sister-in-law, Jenna Johnson -- who is married to Maksim's brother and Dancing with the Stars pro Val Chmerkovskiy -- wrote, "BEST yet hardest secret to keep!!!! Cannot wait for another BABY!!!!!!!"
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Peta and Maksim have experienced many ups and downs while trying to expand their family.
In a June 2022 interview, Peta shared how she was undergoing in vitro fertilization after suffering three miscarriages in the prior two years.
"It's been a long ride for our family. Each day of those two-and-a-half years I prayed for a miracle," Peta wrote on Instagram at the time.
Peta therefore said the joy she and Maksim were experiencing during her second pregnancy -- which just "happened" the natural way -- was "other worldly" and she thanked God every day.
Peta competed on Season 32 of Dancing with the Stars last year. She and her celebrity partner, actor Barry Williams, were the eighth couple eliminated from the competition during a mid-November episode.
Peta became a pro partner on Dancing with the Stars for Season 13 in 2011. She competed in a total of 14 seasons and claimed the mirrorball trophy twice.
For Maksim's part, he served as a pro partner and guest judge on Dancing with the Stars.
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He will be sitting on the judging panel alongside Allison Holker and JoJo Siwa for So You Think You Can Dance's upcoming 18th season, which premieres Monday, March 4 at 9PM ET/PT on Fox.
JoJo replaced Nigel Lythgoe as a judge after he was recently named in two sexual assault lawsuits.
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