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    Beyonce Welcomes Baby Girl Blue Ivy Carter!

    Beyonce Welcomes Baby Girl Blue Ivy Carter!

    2012 is off to a wonderful start for Beyonce and Jay-Z!

    The singer, 30, gave birth to a baby girl in New York on Saturday, according to various outlets, including Good Morning America and her hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle, which reported that "baby and mom are doing just fine."  GMA reports the superstar gave birth via C-section.

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    "Welcome to the world, Blue," Beyonce and Jay-Z's close friend Gwyneth Paltrow tweeted Sunday. "We love you already."

    The actress also answered a "confused" fan who asked if the infant's name is "Ivy Blue or Blue Ivy," saying, "It's Blue Ivy!'

    According to GMA, the couple chose "Ivy" because of the significance of the number "4" or "IV," --  Beyonce and Jay-Z were born on Sept. 4 and Dec. 4, respectively, were married on April 4, 2008, and Beyonce's latest album is entitled 4.)

    It's the first child for the "Love on Top" singer and hip-hop mogul Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter), 42.

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    An observer at NYC's Lenox Hill Hospital told Us Weekly that Jay-Z was spotted walking the hospital halls Saturday morning looking "happy." Beyonce's family members -- sister Solange, parents Tina and Mathew Knowles -- were also spotted at the facility with "flowers with pink balloons and silver and black ribbons," the witness added.

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    Confirming the big news? None other than superstar pal Rihanna, who tweeted Saturday, "Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih."

    Fellow hip hop icon Russell Simmons also wrote: "Congrats to my good friends Beyonce and Jay-Z."

    The 30-year-old singer first announced she and her hubby, 42, were expecting at MTV's Video Music Awards in August. During her incredible "Love on Top" performance, she exclaimed, "Feel the love that's growing inside of me," before ripping open her purple sequined blazer to reveal her baby bump.

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    Beyonce was spotted as recently as Thursday night in NYC, covering up her growing baby bump with a colorful scarf.

    Although rumors spread at the beginning of the month that she had already given birth, a source told Us Beyonce and the Roc Nation mogul actually spent New Year's Eve dining on fried chicken and oysters at Brooklyn restaurant Buttermilk Channel.

    VIDEO: Aw! Beyonce jokes about her bump, Jay-Z in cute clip

    Tell Us: What do you think of the name Ivy Blue?

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    • Anahi Varela  •  Tijuana, Mexico  •  12 days ago
      What an ugly name it sounds like a do name to me
    • Debbie G  •  Elmhurst, Illinois  •  22 days ago
      thanks for the three thumbs up, the money B & J spent on the private hospital floor could have been donated to some of the people who are less fortune, people who are loosing homes and etc. B & J could have had their baby @ home, if the question was about security.
    • Khatana  •  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  •  23 days ago
      Congrats to 2 B and J. All parents have the right 2 name their child whatever they please. People r taking it 2 far just because they r public figures. I have never heard these kind of cruel remarks about the baby's looks when its white celebs. Get a life and stop hating. maybe if u concentrate on your life you just might become a success.
    • ***KINKYBRAT***  •  Muskogee, Oklahoma  •  27 days ago
      I don't think she had the baby I think they had a surrogate mother, cause of the interview she did where she shifted the pillow that was in her belly lol, and that is why they rented out the floor so no one knew it was a surrogate mother.. I'm just saying but anyways congrats!!!!
    • Aretha  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  22 days ago
      I dn't have any respect to Beyonce. She treated people as if their baby wasn't special just hers. Awful name for a baby. People will be saying here blue as if you were calling a dog. I don't care if she or Jay Z has money people have feelings in the hospital just as they do. She ain't all that. What she did was uncalled for. I think she owes people an apology. People think about it. If her mother taught her anything it should be respect people not your baby.
    • Mary  •  Mooresville, North Carolina  •  22 days ago
      Ohh please the only reson you guys complain is that you cant do it like that.. Yes she deserved the best security and the best doctors and besides that no other mothers in labor were neglected. She paid for it !! She is a known superstar and you have no idea of what the risks are of black-mailing etc... Do you even know what these people go through daily bases just to have a nice quiet peacefull day, a little privacy. .. and before you speak about donations and selifhness do you know how much she does for the communities and how much she donated and helped. People are ungreatful and judgemental these days and its usullay the ones who are the ones sitting on their #$%$ wishing and not doing. Not evreyone is inteanted to be rich and succesful but at least enjoy what you have and dont envy those who are doing better than you :)
    • Semira  •  28 days ago
      Welkam to de parenting world, I will prefer Ivy minus Blue.
    • Larry  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  1 month 14 days ago
      In regard to facial looks, I sure hope the baby takes after mom instead of daddy!
    • joy  •  Fayetteville, North Carolina  •  1 month 4 days ago
      Hello friends yall b nice please
    • Northcoastguy  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  1 month 15 days ago
      Blue Ivy sounds like a stripper name to me..............I'm just saying.
    • Jazmyne  •  Marshall, Texas  •  1 month 2 days ago
      You Gone Head BEE! and JayZ you gone forever have haters n the baby got some already! n im Saquala whoever gotta problem....
    • cute  •  1 month 15 days ago
      Oh well, guess I name my baby Orange juice.....
    • LADY C  •  Miami, Florida  •  1 month 14 days ago
      FOR EVERY PARENT THAT WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AT THE TIME THEY WAS THERE ALL I CAN SAY IS ( LAWYER ) . IF SHE HAD A FLOOR NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED DIFFERENT THEY BOTH ARE GOING TO HELL .
    • Shelton  •  Edison, New Jersey  •  1 month 10 days ago
      haters these days people really need to stop hating on people who acutally do stuff with there lifes if you 8591 people cant stop commentng on others people life than you should just comment on your selfs now get at me!!!!!!!!
    • Omniya  •  Charlotte, North Carolina  •  1 month 15 days ago
      I think the whole renting out a hospital floor is stupid. Go home and have the baby and pay nurses to be there with you. Also the baby name sucks. I'm honestly not surprised by it because for some reason all of these celebs think they can name their child whatever pops into their head. For example, Max, Coco, Rain, etc. What in the world are they thinking? These are their children, not their pets.
    • Samsungluver  •  Louisville, Kentucky  •  1 month 15 days ago
      eh.. i like ivy blue better
    • Angel  •  Honolulu, Hawaii  •  1 month 14 days ago
      This whole article is full of stupidity... -_-
    • Meora  •  1 month 15 days ago
      These two get on my nerves. I hope the baby looks like her. Enough said.
    • Shelton  •  Piscataway, New Jersey  •  1 month 10 days ago
      people need to stop hating on beyonce and jay-z congrats to you jay z and beyonce and let your haters be your motovaitors
    • Michael  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  1 month 14 days ago
      I'm sick of hearing Beyonce, Kim Kardashian, and that other girl who just posed naked for Heff. What is wrong with you Americans. Get a life people, screw the "celebs." That's why most of you are fat and stupid, you care more about these worthless idols than your own self. I'm sure you hate me for saying these things, but truth hurts and I don't care if you hate me. At least I love myself and my family and I don't give a #$%$ about "celeb." The amount of money they waste while people go starving in the world makes me want to throw poop at your so called celebs. I didn't even the read the article above, I just read the first few comments from you day-dreamers and decided to write this note. Time to play with MY celebs -- my family.