Peta Murgatroyd has shared a heartbreaking update to social media after her fertility treatment failed.
The Dancing With The Stars pro, 36, and her husband Maksim Chmerkovskiy have had IVF treatment in a bid to conceive a sibling for their five-year-old son Shai - but Peta has now shared a candid post to Instagram, revealing the latest round of procedures has not worked.
She penned: '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, but going back on my word after being such an open book wouldn't be right.'
Tragic news: Peta Murgatroyd has shared a heartbreaking update to social media after her fertility treatment failed
Peta then shared the news that she's been left heartbroken after the embryo transfer was unsuccessful.
She went on: 'One of the happiest days of my life, 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. I keep learning that 'Gods plans will always be more beautiful than all your disappointments' … I have to keep believing that.'
The New Zealand–born dancer went on to reveal she's started the 'healing' process and hopes to be able to move on soon.
The New Zealand–born dancer penned: '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 added: 'I really did think that this was going to work. Looking into Maks (sic) 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.
'I have 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.'
The couple became engaged in 2015 and welcomed their son Shai in January 2017 just months before they tied the knot in New York that summer.
She went on: 'One of the happiest days of my life, and then 10 days later one of the saddest moments I'll never forget.'
She previously shared information about her quest for a second child at the end of June.
Sharing a video of herself in a hospital she wrote, 'Taking you guys on this journey with me for baby no: 2 is actually kinda special and incredible. I love sharing stuff with you all, and well….this is me being as transparent as possible.'
Prior to that, Peta spoke to People about enduring three miscarriages in just two years.
Family: The Dancing With The Stars pro, 36, and her husband Maksim Chmerkovskiy have had IVF treatment in a bid to conceive a sibling for their five-year-old son Shai
She explained that she had to get out of the house and has taken up surfing with her family: 'I have 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.'
Peta recalled feeling 'petrified, embarrassed, and ashamed' after she miscarried for the first time in a Whole Foods bathroom in the fall of 2020.
Nine months later she lost a second baby, days before she planned to share the pregnancy news with Maks.
The third miscarriage came last October while Maks was in the Ukraine filming the country's version of Dancing With the Stars.
Family-of-three: The couple became engaged in 2015 and welcomed their son Shai in January 2017 just months before they tied the knot in New York that summer
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