The two-time Mirrorball Trophy champ shared the news with her followers during an Instagram Live on Thursday, saying, "In terms of me, 'Dancing with the Stars, guys, I'm sorry, it's not this season."
Murgatroyd welcomed son Milan , her third child with husband Maksim Chmerkovskiy, just over a month ago on July 12.
Andrew Eccles/ABC via Getty Images - PHOTO: Peta Murgatroyd, of ABC's "Dancing With The Stars," poses for a portait in 2023.
"I have come back after every single baby, and every time I go back to 'Dancing with the Stars,' I get pregnant," she joked. "So I need to take a season off because I can't get pregnant again, number one."
Murgatroyd said she "actually really, really wanted to come back," but that she's just not up for it right now.
"There's no way I'm ready physically," she said. "Mentally, yeah, I'm OK. But physically, I'm not up to par."
Murgatroyd also said she wants to be there for her kids, saying, "I chose family over work this time."
In addition to Milan, Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy also share sons Shai , 7, and Rio, 1.
While you won't see her in the ballroom this season, Murgatroyd gushed that all is well.
"I feel so blessed," she said of this stage in her life. "Life is good."
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images, FILE - PHOTO: Maksim Chmerkovskiy, left, and Peta Murgatroyd attend Great Wolf Lodge's “The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure” red carpet event at Great Wolf Lodge, Aug. 23, 2022, in Garden Grove, Calif.
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