Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcome a baby girl

Get the Full StoryThere's a new baby on the private gated community block: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed a baby girl via a surrogate on Monday.

TMZ reported the news on Tuesday, and an announcement was posted to Kim's website shortly after.

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Kim confirmed the couple's use of a surrogate on her E! show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, though TMZ first reported the news in early September. In November, Kim accidentally revealed the sex of her child during an appearance on the Ellen Degeneres Show.

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This is the third child for the couple. As she's oft-discussed in recent seasons of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kim suffers from placenta accreta, a high-risk condition that made her first two pregnancies unusually challenging. For this reason, the couple opted to hire a surrogate to carry their child. Read more...More about Watercooler, Celebrities, Culture, Celebrities, and Web Culture

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