Natasha Hamilton and Ritchie Neville
Natasha Hamilton has given birth to a baby girl.
The 32-year-old singer's boyfriend 5ive member Ritchie Neville has revealed on Twitter the Atomic Kitten star delivered the couple's first chilld together last night (22.09.14).
He tweeted: "Daughter was born last night. Mother and baby doing great. @NatashaOfficial did the most amazing job and I have even bigger respect. (sic)"
In further posts, Ritchie gushed the newborn is "beautiful" and also shared an inspirational quote from Nat King Cole.
He tweeted: "Baby is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
"And fatherhood, in words of Nat King Cole "I have often walked down this street before, but the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before (sic)"
It seems Natasha new her baby was coming on Monday as in a Twitter post she revealed she had been bouncing on a maternity ball - something which helps alleviate the pain of labour and bring the baby down.
She tweeted: "Awake ... more ball bouncing..."
Former 'X Factor' winner Joe McElderry was one of the first of their famous friends to congratulate them on the birth, writing on Twitter: "@RitchieNeville @NatashaOfficial congrats to you both!! Lotsa love!!! (sic)"
The couple - who began dating last year after both starring in the same series of ITV2 show 'The Big Reunion' - previously revealed that they had already decided the baby would be called Ella.
Natasha was due to give birth on September 26, but had a false alarm earlier this month when she believed she was going into labour at bandmate Kerry Katona's wedding, spending the night in hospital before returning home.
On Friday, Natasha appeared eager for the arrival of the child, tweeting: "Good morning! I'm feeling giddy as I've reached my final week of pregnancy:) come on now baby, mummy, daddy & bro's so ready to meet u now x (sic)"
Natasha already has three sons, Josh, 11, with nightclub owner Fran Cosgrave, Harry, nine, with dancer Gavin Hatcher and Alfie, three, with ex-husband Riad Erraji.
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