Hilary Duff welcomes her fourth child! Star, 36, shows off newborn baby girl as she shares emotional snaps from her water birth and reveals name

Hilary Duff has announced the arrival of her fourth child, a daughter named Townes Meadow Bair.

The Disney Channel alum, 36, and her husband Matthew Koma welcomed Townes on May 3. Townes is their third child together and Hilary’s fourth overall.

Duff announced Townes’ arrival on Instagram, sharing snaps from her emotional water birth along with precious photos of her bundle of joy.

‘Townes Meadow Bair (teddy bear emoji), now we know why she made us wait so long…She was perfecting those Cheeks!’ Duff captioned the Instagram post

‘I Have been dreaming of holding you in my arms for months and the past 5 days of getting to know you, stare at you and smell you has been pure moments of magic. We all love you like you’ve been here all along beauty.’

Matthew shared the same snaps to his Instagram account as he announced Townes’ arrival, writing in the caption: ‘My literal warrior goddess of a wife gave birth to our beautiful Townes Meadow Bair at home on 5/3/24.

He jokingly added: ‘She’s happy, healthy, chunky and looks like nobody in our genetic pool so if anyone knows of @hilaryduff’s whereabouts roughly 9 months ago to date, please reach out for a cash reward.’

Duff and her husband of five years already share two children together: daughters Banks Violet, five, and Mae James, three.

The Lizzie McGuire vet also has son Luca Cruz, 12, from her previous marriage to Mike Comrie.

The emotional photos Hilary posted captured the actress meeting the newest addition of her family after giving birth in a pool of water.

Duff tenderly kissed her baby on the forehead and also shared a smooch with her husband as she held the child in her arms.

Koma held his newborn daughter as she lay wrapped up in a soft towel.

Hilary announced her pregnancy with Townes back in December with a hilarious Christmas card featuring her family.

Showing off her bump in Sleeper pajamas, the star playfully screamed in the card captioned: ‘So much for Silent Nights.’