Hayden Panettiere has given birth to a baby girl!
The Nashville star and fiancé Wladimir Klitschko welcomed daughter Kaya Evdokia Klitschko — their first child — on Tuesday, Dec. 9, her rep confirmed to People.
The little princess weighed in at 7 lbs., 14 oz., and measured 20 inches.
“We are over the moon and madly in love!” the ecstatic new parents gushed.
The 25-year-old actress kept the pregnancy on the down-low for the majority of the past nine months, but the Heroes alum eventually revealed to E! News that she was expecting a baby girl.
Congratulations, Hayden!!! http://t.co/KXYESDNULF pic.twitter.com/9UCoWTfzW9
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) December 13, 2014
“I’m so ready to hold my baby girl—I’m going to be a very hands on mom,” she told Hello! magazine. “I’m thrilled that I am having a girl first because I feel like I know a lot about raising a strong woman. I feel very empowered myself and I think my daughter will, too.”
Hayden Panettiere is a mum! Find out what she named her baby girl: http://t.co/h7QHD5ig9L pic.twitter.com/yw0kQfWPu5
— POPSUGAR Australia (@popsugarau) December 14, 2014
And as to her baby girl’s name, Kaya Evdokia, Panettiere said it was very important to the couple to find a name that worked in American and Klitschko’s native Ukrainian.
“We have to make sure that it is American and Ukrainian all at the same time,” she said. “That’s a little rough…we’re still working on it.”
GUYS, the name Hayden and Wladimir chose for their baby girl is so freaking CUTE: http://t.co/eLhzoRfzwB pic.twitter.com/lhqnSPiUKf
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) December 13, 2014
Panettiere announced her engagement to Klitschko in October, but says she’ll take her time before walking down the aisle.
“I’ll tell you one thing for sure: I am not walking down the aisle 40 pounds heavier than usual in a wedding dress with a huge pregnancy belly stitched in,” she told E!. “Not happening.”