Overview
- On Oct. 15, the couple posted an Instagram video honoring “our baby that never made it earthside,” revealing they previously suffered a miscarriage.
- Derek Hough briefly hesitated on the Oct. 14 DWTS broadcast while praising a father–daughter dance, prompting online speculation he nearly said “daughter.”
- Neither Hough nor Hayley Erbert has confirmed their baby’s gender, despite fan conjecture following the live-TV moment.
- They announced their current pregnancy in July with an Instagram video and have spoken publicly about their excitement to become parents.
- Hough recently recounted Erbert’s December 2023 cranial hematoma and emergency surgeries on the Sibling Revelry podcast, noting they have submitted a documentary about the ordeal to Sundance.