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Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert Reveal They Are Expecting Their First Child

They shared sonogram images in a moving Instagram video highlighting Erbert’s recovery from emergency cranial surgery last year.

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Overview

  • The couple announced the pregnancy on July 22 in a joint Instagram video, showing ultrasound photos and captioning “We can’t believe the biggest thing to happen to us could be so small.”
  • In December 2023, Erbert underwent an emergency craniectomy for a cranial hematoma and made a triumphant return to performing on Dancing With the Stars within a year.
  • Hough and Erbert first met on the Move Live Tour in 2014, began dating in 2015, got engaged in June 2022 and married in Monterey County, California, in August 2023.
  • Their announcement drew congratulatory messages from Dancing With the Stars colleagues including Mark Ballas, Britt Stewart and Peta Murgatroyd, as well as Hough’s sister Katherine.
  • Hough, a six-time Mirrorball Trophy winner and current DWTS judge, previously told E! News in 2024 that starting a family was a priority as he balances his television commitments.