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Hayley Erbert Hough Reflects on Early Motherhood’s Joy and Grief in Candid Post

Her reflection lands after a near-fatal 2023 brain surgery that made parenthood feel hard-won.

Overview

  • Erbert shared new photos and a heartfelt Instagram caption Friday describing motherhood as both joyful and painful, writing that her heart feels like it is bursting open and breaking into a million pieces.
  • Derek Hough replied in the comments with “My girls” and emojis, as the post showed mom and baby Everley relaxing on a blanket with the infant’s face mostly out of view.
  • The couple welcomed their first child, Everley Capri, on December 29, 2025, after revealing their pregnancy in July 2025 with a sonogram video on Instagram.
  • Coverage ties Erbert’s post to her recovery from an emergency craniectomy in December 2023 for a brain bleed, after which she received a skull implant and returned to the stage four months later.
  • Some outlets reference a previous miscarriage before Everley’s birth, a detail reported by limited sources and not emphasized in the couple’s primary announcements.