'DWTS' Pro Jenna Johnson Recalls Suffering Miscarriage in Hotel Room Years Before Baby Rome's Birth

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Jenna Johnson is opening up about her past miscarriage. During an appearance on , the 28-year-old pro and her husband, Val Chmerkovskiy, revealed for the first time that she suffered a miscarriage in 2021, less than two years before she gave birth to the couple's son, Rome.«We were in Dallas for a show, and while we were practicing, we did something and I just turned to him and I'm like, 'I think I'm bleeding,'» she said. «And immediately, just my heart dropped.

I could see it in his face, just went white. I sprinted to our hotel room, and I lost the baby in our hotel room.»In the wake of the miscarriage, Johnson felt isolated and alone, largely because she suffered in silence given that no one knew she and Chmerkovskiy had been expecting.«I didn't want to dance for a while.

I was so angry,» Johnson said. «But then it kind of became my escape. I was so, so sad. I was hurting so much.»Eventually, the couple conceived again and announced they were expecting in July 2022.«He was my biggest support system while I was pregnant,» Johnson said of her husband. «So tender and sweet.»Johnson and Chmerkovskiy welcomed their son, Rome, in January 2023.«Those exhausting, tired moments when you're up at 4 a.m.

together and you're like, 'Oh my gosh, that's my teammate and he's willing to do this with me,'» Johnson said of Chmerkovskiy, before adding of her son, «Even the hardest, most ruthless nights, the exhaustion, he's so worth it.»Chmerkovskiy is loving life as a dad too, telling , «You have this playbook and the reality's that no one's paying attention to that.