Originally Posted by dancingbearbear:
“From memory, Karen Hardy was the only female pro to work on the show and have a child. Several have had children since leaving the show (Nicole Cutler, Lilia, another child for Karen)”
I thought she left the show to concentrate on her dance studio and then her first pregnancy came after that (hence all the baby talk on itt), unless I'm confused and she now has two children. I never knew she had a first child (already out of her body) while still a dancing pro on the show. I thought she was childless while still a pro, then the studio commitments caused her to leave strictly and the first baby came while she was doing her stint on Itt. Obvs I could have not realised she already has a first child as I've never taken an interest.
Unlike the male pros, the female ones would prob have to say bye bye to strictly (in terms of being a dancing pro on the main show) if they wanted to get pregnant. They don't have the luxury like Vincent, or Brendan with a wife to do that part of it so he can still carry on doing strictly and his own tour. I don't know if Erin would have been asked back after she left the show to have a baby, prob a good excuse for the producers to bring in new blood, esp as she was not good at Latin and the other new pro girls that came in that specialised in latin were still able to do ballroom.