MUMBAI: Actress Shilpa Shetty gave birth to a boy this morning.

Businessman husband Raj Kundra tweeted, "God has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. Both mother and baby are fine… Both mum and Baby K are resting. I am thrilled to bits! A big thank you to my wife for the bestest gift ever, Dr. Kiran Cohelo and all the staff at Hinduja Hospital! Thank you all for your love and wishes for our new born,."

Shilpa married Raj in 2009. The actress announced her pregnancy in December last year. She was actually due next month. Many friends from the film fraternity tweeted their congratulations:

Wrote Bipasha Basu: "Congratulations on the birth of your little baby boy! So happy for you both! Love!”

R. Madhavan: “CONGRATS Bro.. May the Boy make you the PROUDEST Parents EVER.. Sooo Happy for you and Shilpa. Yipeeeeeeeee.”

Sameera Reddy : “It’s a boy!! Congrats! welcome to their little bundle of joy! Hugs!”

Farah Khan Ali: “Congratulations to Shilpa Shetty & Raj Kundra on the birth of their new born son. God bless him with health wealth and happiness.”