Peta Murgatroyd shared the devastating news on Instagram
Peta Murgatroyd and her husband, DWTS’ Maks Chmerkovskiy, have been open about their journey to become parents. She’s been sharing the ups and downs of in vitro fertilization with fans for months on Instagram, and unfortunately in her most recent post, she had heartbreaking news.
The professional dancer wrote that her embryo transfer was unsuccessful, writing in part, “I promised you all that I would be open and honest. I had times where I was unsure of that decision throughout my IVF journey and even more so after we got the news that our transfer did not work,” she wrote. “But going back on my word after being such an open book wouldn’t be right.”
In the video, Murgatroyd looks on smiling as doctors show her the embryo before the transfer. “One of the happiest days of my life,” she explained. After the call from doctors that it wasn’t successful, she wrote, “and then 10 days later one of the saddest moments I’ll never forget. Standing on the side of the road in West Hollywood, hoping for the best….thinking this was MY time, my turn for happiness. Life is funny though. When you think you got it figured out, it slaps you in the face and makes you start over.”
Earlier this summer, the couple revealed Murgatroyd suffered her third miscarriage, which is why they turned to IVF. She also posted a sweet message to her doctor, thanking him for taking care of her. “One day when this is all perfect and done, you will meet our rainbow baby…I so look forward to that day,” she wrote.
Doctors told Murgatroyd they believe the reason she’s been unable to conceive thus far is because she has polycystic ovary syndrome—a hormonal imbalance that can cause ovulation issues and, in some cases, lead to infertility.
“I really did think that this was going to work,” Murgatroyd added in her post. “Looking into Maks eyes as he was crying, seeing our baby together…just made this experience so worth it even though it didn’t turn out how we had hoped.”
While it wasn’t the news either had hoped, Murgatroyd said she has “taken the necessary steps to start the healing process. To sit in my feelings, and feel what I need to, to start moving forward with an open heart…I keep learning that ‘Gods plans will always be more beautiful than all your disappointments’… I have to keep believing that.”
