Pregnant Blake Lively shows bump progress, jokes workout program ‘isn’t working’

As she prepares to welcome her fourth child, Blake Lively has shared a rare photo of her growing bump – making a hilarious joke about her workout routine.

Actress Blake Lively has shared a rare baby bump picture in a hilarious social media post.

The Gossip Girl alum showed her pregnancy progress via Instagram, joking that her exercise routine “isn’t working”, New York Post reports

Lively, 35, posed with trainer Don Saladino in the social media upload, putting her bare belly on display in a black sports bra and matching leggings.

The US actress wore a similar outfit in a throwback photo, using the side-by-side shots to sarcastically point out that she “been doing @donsaladino’s workout program for months now” and “something isn’t working”.

Lively tagged her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 46, on her stomach.

One of the Shallows star’s Instagram followers joked that she is “on the Ryan Reynolds diet” with a “belly full of babies”.

Another added: “You’ve been working out with your husband, girl, that’s causing all that gain.”

Lively announced in September 2022 that she is pregnant with her fourth child with Reynolds.

The couple, who wed in 2012, are already the parents of James, 8, Inez, 6, and Betty, 3.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have three daughters, with a fourth baby on the way. Picture: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for American Cinematheque

Lively previously shared a string of rare photos of her baby bump after her pregnancy announcement, in a bid to get paparazzi to leave her family alone.

“Here are photos of me pregnant in real life so the 11 guys waiting outside my home for a sighting will leave me alone,” she wrote in September.

“You freak me and my kids out. Thanks to everyone else for all the love and respect and for continuing to unfollow accounts and publications who share photos of children. You have all the power against them. And thank you to the media who have a ‘No Kids Policy’. You all make all the difference️. Much love!”

Blake Lively is pregnant with her fourth child. Picture: Instagram/@blakelively

The actress shared photos of her bump in September. Picture: Instagram/@blakelively

Since the pair’s friend, megastar Taylor Swift, has featured all of their daughters’ names in her songs over the years, fans speculated that the Grammy winner, 33, also revealed their fourth child’s moniker on her Midnights album.

In the track You’re On Your Own, Kid, released in October, Swift referenced the name “Daisy May” – but Reynolds and Lively have yet to confirm whether there’s a connection.

Taylor Swift is close friends with both Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

The following month, Reynolds, 46, told Jess Cagle that his little ones recently found out Swift is famous.

“They went to a concert one day and were like, ‘Oh, this isn’t a hobby,’” the Deadpool star joked. “They just thought Taylor’s just, like, an aunt, like a friend of Mummy and Daddy that’s … almost family.”

Reynolds has been spending more time with his kids since beginning his acting “sabbatical” in October 2021, explaining to LinkedIn News that he doesn’t want to “miss time” with them.

“I really enjoy being a present dad,” the Golden Globe nominee said in a December interview. “I love taking them to school in the morning. I love picking them up.”

This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission