Nicola Roberts gives birth to first child, a baby girl

Nicola Roberts, the singer best known as a member of the pop group Girls Aloud, has announced the birth of her first child, a baby girl. The 40-year-old shared the news on social media on Sunday, revealing that her daughter arrived healthy and content a couple of weeks ago at 38 weeks, weighing 6.5 pounds and is thriving.

In an Instagram post, Roberts wrote: “Our beautiful baby girl is here. We haven’t stopped staring at her perfect little face or kissing her softest little head. She arrived healthy and content a couple of weeks ago at 38 weeks weighing 6.5lbs and is thriving. It’s heaven on earth with her and we can hardly believe she’s ours.” The post included photographs of her partner, Mitch Hahn, carrying the baby in a car seat as they left a hospital, as well as an image of the newborn’s hand.

Roberts first revealed she was expecting on Christmas Day, telling followers she and Hahn had been keeping a secret. “We are five months pregnant! We can’t wait to meet our little one in the spring,” she wrote at the time. During her pregnancy, Roberts underwent surgery at 22 weeks to help keep the baby in. In April, she shared that she had been under instruction to rest since the...