Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson are parents!
The “Dancing With the Stars” pros welcomed their first child on Jan. 10.
“Our world is forever changed 🤍,” Johnson announced on Instagram Thursday alongside a photo of her hand and Chmerkovskiy’s hand with their newborn grabbing her finger.
Chmerkovskiy, 36, and Johnson, 28, have been together since 2015 and struggled through “two years of infertility and hundreds of negative tests” while trying to start their family, the new mom revealed in a July Instagram post.
The ABC personalities had even “stopped trying to conceive for about six months to mentally/emotionally give” themselves a break when Johnson unexpectedly found out she was pregnant.
She called her pregnancy her “biggest dream come true” in her baby bump debut.
“Baby Chmerkovskiy coming this January!” Johnson captioned an Instagram photo of Chmerkovskiy kissing her belly.
“My heart has grown beyond comprehension while growing this little miracle inside of me,” the then-expectant star continued. “We can’t wait to meet our precious angel.”
Johnson’s fellow “DWTS” pros shared their love at the time, from Sharna Burgess to Julianne Hough.
“Girl … get ready to meet the love of your life. You’re gonna be amazing ❤️ also you look STUNNING,” Burgess, 37, wrote, while Hough, 34, gushed that she was “so so happy” for the couple.
Johnson’s sister-in-law, Peta Murgatroyd, also commented, writing, “I love youuuuuuuuuuuuu!! I’m so emotional now!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh you will be the best Momma!!!!❤️❤️.”
When Chmerkovskiy posted an ultrasound photo that same day, Murgatroyd, 36, called their expanding family “the beginning of everything.”
The couple tied the knot in April 2019, and the “So You Think You Can Dance” alum told Us Weekly the following year that her husband wanted a baby “very badly.”
She explained, “That’s our future. That’s what we want when that’s gonna happen.”
In October 2021, Johnson gave the magazine an update, saying that timing was “everything” and that she still “wanted a family.”