After years of struggling with endometriosis and a pregnancy described as "miraculous," Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has given birth to a healthy baby girl, People reports.
Says her rep, "Model, author and Emmy-nominated host of Top Chef Padma Lakshmi gave birth to a baby girl named Krishna Thea Lakshmi on Saturday. Mother and baby are well and happy."
Lakshmi, 39, previously said that she intended to give the child an Indian name.
"It will be after someone in my family, so don't expect to see an Anglicized name - it will be a classically Indian Sanskrit name," she said.
Lakshmi, who married Nobel-winning novelist Salman Rushdie in 2004 and filed for divorce three years later, has not identified the baby's father. Names floated around include IMG CEO Teddy Forstmann and friend Adam Dell. Lakshmi is currently dating Forstmann.
She announced her pregnancy in October last year.
A friend added to People that the
Top Chef host is "very happy" as she had long wanted to be a mom. "She was very relieved and happy when she got pregnant."
Endometriosis is a condition that can lead to infertility, as it induces the development of uterine-lining tissue outside the uterus on the surfaces of organs in the pelvis or abdomen where they are not supposed to grow.
Dancing with the Stars professionals Julianne Hough and Lacy Schwimmer were diagnosed with endometriosis two years ago.
Filming for
Top Chef season 7 will begin in April. Still no word on whether Lakshmi will resume hosting duties for the Bravo show.
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People(Image courtesy of Bravo)