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Ciara announces she and Russell Wilson are expecting first child together

The baby will be the first for Wilson, and the second for Ciara, who has a two-year-old son with hip-hop artist Future.

By Stephen Feller
Singer Ciara, at right, and Russell Wilson, pictured at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in May, announced on Tuesday that she is pregnant with the pair's first child. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Singer Ciara, at right, and Russell Wilson, pictured at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in May, announced on Tuesday that she is pregnant with the pair's first child. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- The singer Ciara celebrated her birthday by announcing she and husband Russell Wilson are expecting "one of the greatest gifts" of all: She is pregnant with their first child.

Ciara made the announcement Tuesday, on her 31st birthday, on Instagram that she and her NFL quarterback husband expect their baby together.

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"On this special Birthday I received an abundance of love from friends and family," Ciara said in the post, "and I'm excited to Finally share one of the Greatest Gifts of All that God could give..."

Ciara and Wilson had been dating since April 2015 and garnered a lot of media attention when they announced shortly after being spotted together that they planned to be abstinent until marriage. After a four-month engagement, they were married in July.

The baby will be the first for Wilson, and the second for Ciara, who has a two-year-old son with hip-hop artist Future.

"She's been through some heartaches, I've been through some heartaches," Wilson told ABC News. "[But] I ain't going to lie to you all now, I need you all to pray for us!"

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