Celebrity Parents Gina Rodriguez Reveals She and Husband Joe LoCicero Are Expecting Their First Baby Together "This birthday hits different," Gina Rodriguez wrote on Instagram as she announced that she and husband Joe LoCicero are expecting their first baby on her 38th birthday By Glenn Garner Glenn Garner Instagram Twitter Glenn Garner is a Writer/Reporter who works heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals. Since graduating from Northern Arizona University with a dual major in journalism and photography, he got his professional start at OUT Magazine, The Advocate and Teen Vogue, and he's since consistently kept his finger on the pulse of the LGBTQ community. His first book The Guncle Guide was released in 2020 and was featured on Katie Couric's list of 100 recommended books of the year. People Editorial Guidelines Published on July 30, 2022 02:29 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Gina Rodriguez/Instagram Gina Rodriguez is going to be a mom! The Jane the Virgin alum, 38, celebrated her 38th birthday Saturday with some big news, announcing that she and husband Joe LoCicero are expecting their first baby. "This birthday hits different," Rodriguez captioned the post. She and LoCicero, 35, shared some PDA in a montage of throwback photos and videos, which included a clip of them showing off the positive pregnancy test. The parents-to-be were met with congratulatory messages in the comments section. "Yaaaaaay my love!! So much love for you THREE," Rodriguez's Someone Great costar Brittany Snow wrote. Her Jane the Virgin onscreen dad Jaime Camil commented: "My heart is bursting for you two." "Congratulations," Viola Davis wrote. "Wow! Congratulations!!!!" Derek Hough commented. "Welcome to the club mama!!!" wrote Danielle Brooks. "OH MY GOSH!!!!!! Congratulations!" commented Jordin Sparks. "Congrats," Arielle Kebbel wrote. Rodriguez previously admitted that she wants a baby "so bad" while appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2016. "I do," she raved. "But I don't want the whole process, I just want one to arrive, like the stork conversation," Rodriguez added with a laugh. "I could adopt, right? Yeah, I just might do that. I definitely want to adopt." She added of working with her twin baby costars on Jane the Virgin: "I feel like they bring the baby up to me and my ovaries are like 'Ahh! Come here, baby!'" Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty The Golden Globe winner began dating LoCicero, a fellow actor and MMA fighter, in 2016 after meeting on the set of Jane the Virgin, in which he guest starred as a stripper. She later confirmed their engagement exclusively to PEOPLE in 2018 after sparking rumors with her diamond ring. "I am [engaged]!" she said at the time. "He's the best. He's the f— best. We've been engaged for like a month — I've kept it a secret for a while." RELATED VIDEO: Gina Rodriguez Tells Ellen She Wants a Baby Really Badly "I don't even really want to say it's happening. I just want to live! I think there's a huge blessing in the fact that people care. That's a beautiful thing, so that feels really good. But another part of me wants to keep a little something that's just mine, 'cause there's not too many things I have like that anymore," Rodriguez added. The couple tied the knot in May 2019, sharing the big news with a video from the nuptials. "May 4th, 2019 was absolute MAGIC. To my husband Joseph, I am yours forever," she wrote in the caption.