Nicole Kidman's Urban baby

Jan 8, 2008, 11:30 GMT

Nicole Kidman - Kidman\'s publicist Wendy Day said in a statement. \'The couple are thrilled.\' EPA/PAUL BUCK

Nicole Kidman is pregnant.

The 40-year-old actress and her country singer husband Keith Urban - who married in June 2006 - confirmed they are expecting their first child together.

Nicole's representative Catherine Olim revealed yesterday (07.01.08): "The couple are thrilled."

It was reported this week the Oscar-winning actress has pulled out of post-World War II Germany drama 'The Reader' - which she was supposed to start filming in Berlin with Ralph Fiennes this month - as she is worried undue stress may harm her unborn baby.

Matthew Frankel, a spokesman for the Weinstein Company who are producing the film, denied the actress has quit the movie, saying: "I am being told that the status on 'The Reader' has not changed."

Nicole - who has suffered miscarriages in the past - already has two adopted children with her ex-husband Tom Cruise - Isabella, 15, and Connor, 12.

She has made no secret of the fact she would like a child of her own, saying recently: "I love babies. I would say it's in God's hands. If God wills it, it will happen, right?"

Nicole and Keith met at a black-tie ball for Australians living in Los Angeles in summer 2005. In April of that year, Nicole said: "I have got hormones running through my system. That is why I sit wriggling, saying I want to have a baby."

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