Katherine Ryan raised a glass of bubbly after giving birth to her fourth child in what she described as a ‘personal best’ delivery.
The 42-year-old and her husband Bobby Kootstra shared the happy news on Instagram, revealing they have named their newborn daughter Holland Juliette Kootstra.
Posting a series of snaps of Ryan in hospital after giving birth, Kootstra wrote on his social media account: ‘Holland Juliette Kootstra has arrived.
‘The ‘Patrick Mahomes’ of childbirth pulled out another MVP performance! Amazing to witness the greatness of @kathbum,’ he added, tagging his wife’s account.
She shared the slideshow to her Instagram story with the caption ‘45 min PB’. The pictures showed Ryan in the hospital nursing her newborn, next to a very Katherine-Ryan-coded buffet.
The couple rang in the birth of their child with a bottle of champers – Dom Perignon, no less – as well as a meal from Robert De Niro-owned restaurant Nobu, which specialises in sushi, which pregnant women can’t eat since raw fish is a no-no.
Katherine, 42, already shares son Fred, four, and daughter Fenna, two, with Bobby. Her first daughter Violet, 16, is from a previous relationship.
Among the snaps shared by Bobby were adorable pictures of Fred and Fenna meeting their baby sister. Bobby could also be seen carrying baby Holland out of the hospital as the family of six headed home.
Ahead of giving birth, Ryan confirmed this fourth child would be her last – and also said she was down at the thought she might give birth to a boy.
During an appearance on Heart Radio’s breakfast show, she said: ‘I have to say that I can’t ever complain post-first trimester.
‘I’m quite big, so I think it might be a boy, so I’m feeling dejected about that, because men have just antagonised me all my life, even before they’re born.’
After welcoming her kids thus far in the order of ‘girl, boy, girl,’ Katherine said she never finds out her baby’s sex beforehand.
‘It’s always a surprise, and I love that. It’s vintage’, she stated.
The Duchess star then declared that she will inevitably suffer ‘gender disappointment’ if her little one arrives as a boy.
‘I will have it (gender disappointment) this time if it’s a boy. You know what it is, my son is a toxic male; he’s four years old, and he always wants to fight me,’ she shared.
Katherine recalled: ‘I drove him to nursery the other day; he sat behind me, and he had a sword held to my throat for a while.
‘Like, who’s giving you weapons?’
‘I didn’t grow up with brothers, so it’s been an adjustment for me,’ she admitted.
But don’t worry, it’s all in jest—in true Katherine style, of course—as she assured listeners: ‘But I love him; he’s a very special guy.’
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