--- title: Ciara Pregnant: Ciara and Russell Wilson Expecting a Baby description: Ciara and Russell Wilson announced on Wednesday that they are expecting their first child together; Ciara also has a son with rapper Future. canonical: https://time.com/4546539/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T18:23:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:03.258Z og:title: Ciara and Russell Wilson Are Expecting Their First Baby og:description: Major congrats are in order for the couple og:url: https://time.com/4546539/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt222c22e34afbb99a/6988abb5e20a87b4f5a92f8a/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's Coverage of The 2016 ESPYS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ciara and Russell Wilson Are Expecting Their First Baby twitter:description: Major congrats are in order for the couple twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt222c22e34afbb99a/6988abb5e20a87b4f5a92f8a/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ciara and Russell Wilson Are Expecting Their First Child Together  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 26, 2016 6:23 PM UTC  Russell Wilson and Ciara arrive at the 2016 ESPYs (Photo by Image Group LA/ABC via Getty Images) RUSSELL WILSON, CIARA Russell Wilson and Ciara arrive at the 2016 ESPYs (Photo by Image Group LA/ABC via Getty Images) RUSSELL WILSON, CIARAImage Group LA—ABC via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 26, 2016 6:23 PM UTC [Ciara](http://motto.time.com/4536750/ciara-revlon-brand-ambassador/) and [Russell Wilson](http://motto.time.com/4337324/russell-wilson-university-wisconsin-commencement-speech/) have only [been married for about four months](http://time.com/4395851/ciara-russell-wilson-wedding-married/), but the couple is already expecting a baby together. Both took to their Instagram accounts to announce the good news, posting the same black-and-white photo of them together with their hands over Ciara’s belly and celebrating not only the impending arrival of the baby, but also Ciara’s birthday. The couple tied the knot this July during a ceremony in England. This will be the first child that Ciara and Wilson will be welcoming together; Ciara has a son from her previous relationship with rapper Future. See their announcement below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546539/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546539/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant/"},"headline":"Ciara and Russell Wilson Are Expecting Their First Child Together","datePublished":"2016-10-26T18:23:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:03.258Z","description":"Major congrats are in order for the couple","url":"https://time.com/4546539/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt222c22e34afbb99a/6988abb5e20a87b4f5a92f8a/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt222c22e34afbb99a/6988abb5e20a87b4f5a92f8a/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's Coverage of The 2016 ESPYS","caption":"ABC's Coverage of The 2016 ESPYS","creditText":"Image Group LA—ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4546539/ciara-russell-wilson-baby-pregnant/","name":"Ciara and Russell Wilson Are Expecting Their First Child Together"}}]}] ```