London
(ANI):
Rock
star
Rod
Stewart"s
wife
Penny
Lancaster
has
given
birth
to
a
boy.
The
baby
is
his
eighth
child
at
the
age
of
66.
Aiden
was
born
on
Wednesday
in
the
UK
weighing
7lb
12oz.
A
statement
released
on
the
couple's
behalf
said
they
were
'proud
and
thrilled'
and
both
mother
and
child
were
healthy.
"After
the
long-awaited
arrival
of
their
second
child,
Rod
and
Penny
are
proud
and
thrilled
to
welcome
Alastair's
baby
brother,
Aiden,
into
the
world," the
BBC
quoted
the
statement
as
reading.
"Mother
and
baby
are
healthy
and
blissfully
happy,"
the
statement
said.
Aiden
is
Stewart
and
Lancaster's
second
child,
their
first
son
is
five-year-old
Alastair.
The
couple
had
problems
conceiving
naturally
and
Lancaster,
39,
became
pregnant
on
the
third
cycle
of
IVF
treatment.
Stewart
married
Lancaster,
his
third
wife,
in
Italy
in
2007.
He
has
already
six
children
from
previous
relationships.