07/01/2016 at 11:15 AM ET
Peta Murgatroyd invested her initial months of pregnancy really nauseated. Yet now in her second trimester, the reigning Dancing along with the Stars champion is enjoying giving in to her pregnancy cravings.
Not that she’s piling on the junk food.
“I’m delighted I ate actually healthily prior to I got pregnant since I don’t crave McDonald’s and doughnuts and stuff adore that,” says Murgatroyd, 29, that revealed she is expecting her initial child along with fiancé Maksim Chmerkovskiy in the most up to date issue of PEOPLE.
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But despite the fact that Murgatroyd isn’t chowing down on Huge Macs, she admits her consuming habits have actually come to be … unusual.
“My diet plan ideal now is crazy. I crave fresh fruit and pickles and I’ll have actually every little thing at the very same time,” she admits. “I’ll have actually organic salsa and chips then pineapple, and I’ll complete it along with 2 pickles.”
Chmerkovskiy, 36, believes Murgatroyd’s “clean lifestyle” has actually earned the pregnancy “easier” on his fiancée of practically seven months. And he’s been captivated by exactly how her physique has currently changed.
“I’m fascinated along with just what is happening along with the body. Visiting the ultrasounds and heading to every little thing is incredible,” says Chmerkovskiy, that is currently on the road along with his brother Valentin for Maks & Val: Live on Tour.
The couple does not already know whether they’re having a boy or girl yet, Yet “heading to the fingers and toes is pretty exciting.”
“I’m looking forward to nurturing something and merely having the baby be the focus of our world,” adds Murgatroyd, that is due in January and strategies to wed Chmerkovskiy next summer. “I’m looking forward to placing every one of our electricity in to this beautiful soul.”
For a lot more from Chmerkovskiy and Murgatroyd, choose up the most recent issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands now.
— Patrick Gomez