Marcia Cross pregnant

Desperate Housewives actress Marcia Cross is pregnant with her first child, her publicist confirmed to USAToday.

The 44-year-old star is expecting her first child with husband 48-year-old stockbroker Tom Mahoney, whom she married in June. The child will be due at the end of April when "Desperate Housewives" is finishing up taping for its third season.

Cross has said she wanted children, but suggested she might adopt because of the risks in a later-in-life pregnancy.

"I don't like the average woman being misled into thinking that fertility is something that goes on forever," Cross told the newspaper.

"When a woman gets older, they get donor eggs, which doesn't make the baby any less beautiful or perfect. One's own eggs only last so long, and sometimes at 43 or 44 you can have your own baby, but statistically it's very difficult and expensive. You don't want to wait that long."

It has not been decided if Cross' pregnancy will be incorporated into the storylines of the show's third season.