Actress Blake Lively took to her website Preserve to announce that she is expecting her first child with husband and actor Ryan Reynolds.

The 27-year-old star published an array of pictures of pregnant ladies, and after congratulating all the expecting mothers, she posted picture of her pregnant belly, reports usmagazine.com.

The picture, taken by her brother Eric Lively, shows Lively posing in the twilight, wearing a black and white print dress, cradling her bump.

Lively has been quite vocal about wanting to start a family since marrying Reynolds in September 2012.