Shilpa Shetty confirmed she is pregnant with her first child

Shilpa has confirmed she is pregnant with her first child with businessman husband, Raj Kundra.

“Tweetos, ‘YES’ an addition to our family is our confirmation to all queries :)We seek blessings from all in this very beautiful phase of our lives,” Shilpa made the announcement on Twitter.

The 36-year-old actress-turned-businesswoman, who became a popular face in Bollywood with films like “Main Khiladi Tu Anari”, “Baazigar”, “Dhadkan” and “Life…In A Metro”, married Kundra in 2009.

Rumours of her pregnancy have been doing the rounds for long now, but Shilpa had publicly denied the news last in September this year.

Good wishes for the couple have already started pouring in on Twitter.

“SO happy 4 my friend @TheShilpaShetty and her husband Raj, for the new, on the way, angel of happiness,” posted Shilpa’s good friend, actress Raveena Tandon.

Filmmaker Ken Ghosh tweeted: “So happy for @TheShilpaShetty and Raj – as they are expecting their first child – God bless!”

Actresses Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley are currently expecting, while Aishwarya Rai recently gave birth to a baby girl Nov 16.

Even Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao were blessed with a son Dec 1 through a surrogate mother. – IAN