Peta Murgatroyd is officially a boy mom times three! She and fellow Dancing With the Stars alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy welcomed their third son, the couple confirmed on Friday, July 12. The newborn baby boy joins older brothers Shai, 7, and Rio, 1 . "He is officially evicted from his mom and he is sooooo cute!!!!," the couple shared on Instagram.
"Birth details later but for now we wanted to let you all know that mom and baby are doing perfect, and delivery took around 47 seconds total! Exactly one push! Also thank you all for the beautiful messages we have been receiving. Means a lot and very much appreciated." Mere hours before the couple's third son arrived, ET spoke with Chmerkovskiy at the 2024 ESPY Awards, where he said he was "on call.
" He explained they established a system that if Murgatroyd called him twice in a row, he would leave the ceremony and call her from the car because that meant she was in labor. Early Friday, the couple posted a photo on Instagram of them in the hospital, confirming their baby was on his way. "Here we go again.
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again! Wish us luck 🤞🏼," the photo was captioned. "#number3cominginhot #madeinPeta." In February, the couple -- who rose to fame as pro ballroom dancers on the hit ABC competition series -- announced the news that they were expecting again, less than eight months after the birth of Rio .
"We Are Having A Baby 🎉🙈🙏🏻," the new mom of three captioned her pregnancy announcement video on Instagram . "Yes we know..
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