Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed their long awaited baby girl into the world over the weekend, on January 7th. Read their official statement on the birth inside.
Blue Ivy Carter was born at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York on Saturday. Here’s the joint statement from both Bey & Jay below:
Hello Hello Baby Blue!
We are happy to announce the arrival of our beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, born on Saturday, January 7, 2012. Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven.
She was delivered naturally at a healthy 7 lbs and it was the best experience of both of our lives. We are thankful to everyone for all your prayers, well wishes, love and support.
Daddy Jay-Z also dedicated a special song to baby Blue Ivy, and it also includes audio of lil miss Blue herself. In the song, Jay reveals that they suffered a miscarriage. Listen to Glory (feat. Blue Ivy Carter):
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