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"2012 is off to a wonderful start for Beyonce and Jay-Z!\r\nThe 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 &amp;quot;baby and mom are doing just fine.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0; GMA reports the superstar gave birth via C-section.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Welcome to the world, Blue,&amp;quot; Beyonce and Jay-Z&amp;apos;s close friend Gwyneth Paltrow tweeted Sunday. &amp;quot;We love you already.&amp;quot;\r\nThe actress also answered a &amp;quot;confused&amp;quot; fan who asked if the infant&amp;apos;s name is &amp;quot;Ivy Blue or Blue Ivy,&amp;quot; saying, &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s Blue Ivy!&amp;apos;\r\nAccording to GMA, the couple chose &amp;quot;Ivy&amp;quot; because of the significance of the number &amp;quot;4&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;IV,&amp;quot; --&amp;#xA0; Beyonce and Jay-Z were born on Sept. 4 and Dec. 4, respectively, were married on April 4, 2008, and Beyonce&amp;apos;s latest album is entitled 4.)\r\nIt&amp;apos;s the first child for the &amp;quot;Love on Top&amp;quot; singer and hip-hop mogul Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter), 42.\r\nPHOTOS: Bey and Jay&amp;apos;s romanceAn observer at NYC&amp;apos;s Lenox Hill Hospital told Us Weekly that Jay-Z was spotted walking the hospital halls Saturday morning looking &amp;quot;happy.&amp;quot; Beyonce&amp;apos;s family members -- sister Solange, parents Tina and Mathew Knowles -- were also spotted at the facility with &amp;quot;flowers with pink balloons and silver and black ribbons,&amp;quot; the witness added.\r\nPHOTOS: Beyonce&amp;apos;s bikini body evolution\r\nConfirming the big news? None other than superstar pal Rihanna, who tweeted Saturday, &amp;quot;Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih.&amp;quot;Fellow hip hop icon Russell Simmons also wrote: &amp;quot;Congrats to my good friends Beyonce and Jay-Z.&amp;quot;\r\nThe 30-year-old singer first announced she and her hubby, 42, were expecting at MTV&amp;apos;s Video Music Awards in August. During her incredible &amp;quot;Love on Top&amp;quot; performance, she exclaimed, &amp;quot;Feel the love that&amp;apos;s growing inside of me,&amp;quot; before ripping open her purple sequined  blazer to reveal her baby bump.\r\n\r\nBeyonce was spotted as recently as Thursday night in NYC, covering up her growing baby bump with a colorful scarf.\r\nAlthough 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&amp;apos;s Eve dining on fried chicken and oysters at Brooklyn restaurant Buttermilk Channel.\r\n\r\nTell Us: What do you think of the name Blue Ivy?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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