Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcome third child via surrogate

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It's a girl!

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's surrogate reportedly gave birth to the couple's third child on Tuesday morning, TMZ revealed. Kardashian confirmed the news on her website, revealing that her new baby girl weighs 7 lbs. 6 oz.

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"Kanye and I are happy to announced the arrival of our healthy, beautiful baby girl," she wrote. "We are incredibly grateful to our surrogate who made our dreams come true with the greatest gift one could give and to our wonderful doctors and nurses for their special care."

"North and Saint are especially thrilled to welcome their baby sister," she added.

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TMZ later reported that Kardashian was in the delivery room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles when her surrogate gave birth to her healthy baby girl. She was also "the first person to have skin-to-skin contact with the baby."

West was also in the room, but behind a curtain, while the rest of the Kardashian family was at the hospital in another room.

Last week, Us Weekly had reported that the couple's surrogate was due "any day now."

Kim and Kanye already share daughter North, 4, and Saint, 2. They opted to use a surrogate after Kardashian's doctors warned her of the severe health risks that would come with getting pregnant for a third time. She suffers from placenta accreta, which caused extreme health complications while she gave birth to Saint back in 2015.

Kim has long been vocal about the difficulties that led her to choose surrogacy, and her transparency has garnered public praise. In fact, 75% of women who are interested in or have undergone fertility treatments haven't even spoken to their friends about it, according to Celmatix.

Kim's sister, Khloe, is also expecting -- she's pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Tristan Thompson. She confirmed her baby news on Instagram in December.

Sister Kylie Jenner, 20, is also reportedly expecting, though she has yet to confirm that she's pregnant with boyfriend Travis Scott's first child.

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