PHOTOSHayden Panettiere Welcomes A Baby Girl – Find Out Her Name!
Jan. 28 2015, Updated 2:04 p.m. ET
Hayden Panettiere is a mom! The Nashville actress welcomed her first child with fiancé Wladimir Klitschko on Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The couple named their daughter, who weighed 7 lbs, 14 oz., Kaya Klitschko! "We are over the moon and madly in love,” the new parents told E! News.
The new mom officially announced the baby news in August during her ALS ice bucket challenge, when she nominated her “unborn child” for the awareness video.
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“I’m so ready to hold my baby girl—I’m going to be a very hands on mom,” the Heros alum 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.”
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The cute couple announced their engagement in March of 2013 after a brief split in 2011.
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