GEMMA Atkinson has shared a first look at her adorable baby bump as she demonstrated her pregnancy fitness regime.

The former Emmerdale star is expecting her first baby with boyfriend Gorka Marquez, and the mum-to-be flaunted her growing baby bump in a workout video she shared on Instagram.

Dressed in a black crop top and leggings, the actress completed a 30 minute workout of gentle exercises, safe for both baby and mum, including squats, stretches, dumbbell curls, extensions and raises.

She said: "Today’s workout was done at home. I did a 30 min circuit using mainly my body weight (because my baby is heavy enough).

"My dumbbells were 3kg so a lot less then usual but I felt great afterwards.

"I’m wearing a @myzonemoves belt to make sure my heart rate stays in the “safe zone” for baby and for me. I don’t want it too high."

The star reassured her followers that she has been cleared by her doctor, midwife, and personal trainer "Evil Steve", and encouraged all pregnant women to seek professional advice before exercising.

She said: "It doesn’t look like a lot and being honest, for the usual me it would have just been my warm up. For pregnant me though, it was fine.

"I’m actually enjoying training for my baby as opposed to just me and these simple moves, I’ve found have become my go to when training alone at home."

She was also keen to remind mums-to-be not to compare their pregnancies to another's.

Gemma said: "Obviously every woman and every pregnancy is different. There may be some of you who are doing way more than this, some of you who are doing way less.

"Don’t compare yourself to anyone else. Especially when you are pregnant. I've made that my number one rule.

"I’m just listening to my body, making note of how tired I am and making my exercise choices daily based on that.

"I have two reformer Pilates sessions next week and two sessions with Evil Steve and that’s enough for me.

"I followed this with a homemade smoothie made with almond milk, banana, spinach, peanut butter and cinnamon. It was delicious."

Gemma made the very special announcement that she will be having a baby with her Strictly Come Dancing star boyfriend, Gorka, in a Twitter revelation on February 1.

In an adorable post the soap star shared a photo of her two dogs with signs reading "Guess what... mums pregnant!" and "We're going to be big brothers!"

Gemma and 28-year-old Spaniard Gorka have been together for just over a year, after meeting on the dancing reality show in 2017.