The X Factor co-judges announced the arrival of Colette Josephine Williams, to be known as Coco, via Ayda’s Instagram page on Friday morning
Robbie, 44, and Ayda, 39, detailed their ‘long and difficult’ path to a third child in a heartfelt post, and said they will be ‘eternally grateful’ to their surrogate
The couple are also parents to Theodora ‘Teddy’ Rose Williams, five and Charlton ‘Charlie’ Valentine Williams, three
In May, a source said that they longed for a third child to complete their family
They are currently busy as new judges on X Factor after reportedly signing a £10m contract
Robbie famously referred to the experience of watching Ayda give birth to their son Charlie, as being like ‘watching his favourite pub working down’
Robbie Williams and Ayda Field have welcomed a ‘very special secret’ baby girl via an ‘incredible’ surrogate.
The X Factor co-judges announced the arrival of Colette Josephine Williams, to be known as Coco, via Ayda’s Instagram page on Friday morning, while detailing their ‘long and difficult’ path to a third child in a heartfelt post.
Sharing a black and white image of the family’s hands in one frame, Ayda, 39, and Robbie, 44 – who are parents to daughter Teddy, five, and son Charlie, three – said they will be ‘eternally grateful’ to their surrogate.
Ayda wrote: ‘I spy with my little eye an extra little hand. So we have been keeping a very special secret! We are delighted to share with you that we have had a baby girl…. welcome to the world Colette (Coco) Josephine Williams!!
It has been a very long and difficult path to get here, which is why we have kept it on the down low.
‘Family comes in all forms, and this little lady, who is biologically ours, was carried by an incredible surrogate mother, to whom we will be eternally grateful.’
She continued: ‘We are over the moon to have this beautiful baby girl in our lives and so blessed that we live in a world which makes this possible.
‘As with Teddy and Charlie, we ask that you respect Coco’s privacy and allow us to grow into our new team of 5!’
he news comes as a complete surprise as it was unknown that the couple were on this journey.
Ayda and Robbie are already parents to Theodora Rose Williams, five and Charlton Valentine Williams, three.
In May, a source told Metro that they wanted more children.
They said: ‘Ayda and Robbie couldn’t be happier with their private life but feel one more baby would complete their family.
‘They’re hoping it will happen for them soon, but it’s tough for them to spend lots of time together as sometimes they spend weeks apart.
‘But it’s top of their agenda when they do get time off from their hectic schedules.
It’s a busy time for them as they are both judges on the new series of X Factor, so no doubt they will have their hands full.
They are said to have signed a £10 million deal to take part in this series.
Robbie famously referred to the experience of watching Ayda give birth to their son Charlie, as being like ‘watching his favourite pub burning down.’
Surrogacy is becoming more common in the UK – with legal applications relating to surrogacy having risen six-fold in ten years.
Four years ago Robbie let the whole world share in his wife’s labour.
She found it hilarious though, writing: ‘I thought the idea was genius. It took my mind off everything – especially the pain.’
And Ayda later admitted it was her idea to document the birth of the couple’s second child through a series of bizarre social media videos, which went viral online.
The US star was speaking about her child birth experiences on Loose Women, when she revealed she encouraged her fun-loving husband to ‘goof around’ in order to distract her from the pain.
