The family is growing! Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy has shared a glimpse of the sweetest moment with his son after his arrival.
At Dance With The Stars the couple announced in July 2022 that they are expecting their first child. “Our biggest dream has come true 🤍,” Johnson shared along with some photos from her mom’s photo shoot via Instagram. “Baby Chmerkovskiy is coming this January! My heart has grown beyond comprehension as this little miracle grows inside of me. We can’t wait to meet our precious angel.”
The choreographer, who started a relationship with Chmerkovskiy in 2019, discussed how the couple coped with infertility before the exciting news.
“We stopped trying to get pregnant for about 6 months to take a mental/emotional break… so being in shock, disbelief, and so excited at this moment is a memory I’ll never forget,” wrote Johnson on Instagram July 2022. she is pregnant. “I want to keep this moment positive because there is so much to celebrate and my heart is full of gratitude, but the journey to this point has not been easy.”
The Utah native continued: “After two years of infertility, and hundreds of negative tests after negative tests, sometimes it’s heartbreaking to stay optimistic and it makes me question if I’ll ever have this chance. I’ll go into more depth about our fertility journey later, but if any of you are struggling to conceive, suffering from infertility, or crying pregnancy…
Ahead of the son’s arrival, the DWTS pros weigh in on the potential dynamic of her and Chmerkovskiy as parents.
“I already knew it was going to be a good cop, a bad cop and I was going to be a bad cop. I knew it [Val’s] will give everything and be a little bastard,” he exclusively said Us Weekly in September 2022. “He’s going to be very involved. He wants his style. He’s going to have clothes to match. We’re going there.”
Johnson noted that her pregnancy brought her and her husband closer, adding, “She was an amazing support during my pregnancy because there were so many weird and abnormal things going on with my body. And she just made me feel like an absolute beauty queen. With all that growing up and changing, he’s just happy. And it’s not the physical aspect, but just knowing that we’re going to have a little human that’s one, it’s great.
In January 2023, the couple confirmed that they welcomed a baby boy.
“One week with my little love ✨,” the new mom captioned a sweet photo with her newborn that same month. “I promise I’ll share more when I’m ready. Trying to soak up all this precious time and transition into the best possible parent.”
She added: “I finally realized what everyone preaches to me… ‘You think you know what love is, then you have a child.’ My heart forever belongs to him and my world is brighter with him 🤍.”
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