The newborn weighed in at 6lb., 11 oz. and measured 21 inches long
actress, 40, and her husband Rob Meder welcomed their first child — a daughter named Josephine James — at 9:22 a.m. on Friday, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.“We are thrilled to introduce our little Josephine James Meder to the world – she’s perfect in every way,” Hendrickson says in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE.
“When dreaming about the birth of your first child words like ‘social distancing’ and ‘shelter in place’ never seem to enter into the picture. Yet here we were,” she continues. “Over the past month we simply focused on the things that we could control and we reminded ourselves how lucky we were and stayed positive.”RELATED: Welcome to the World! See All of the Celebrity Babies Born in 2020
“We would like to thank all the nurses, the midwives and all the staff at UCLA Santa Monica who are at work, putting themselves at risk to be there for us when we need them most. They truly are lifesavers.”just checked into the hospital“We’ve decided to induce labor with everything moving so rapidly.
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