Mean Girls star Lacey Chabert gives birth to a baby girl

She shared her news with a truly heartfelt message

Mean Girls star Lacey Chabert has announced the birth of her baby girl on Instagram, with a beautiful picture and heartfelt message.

Lacey shared the gorgeous photo of her first child with husband Dave Nehdar using the hashtag 'throw back Thursday', to let fans and followers know she gave birth last week.

The photo shows the beautiful, tiny baby with a flush of dark just like her mother.

Lacey has named the baby Julia Mimi Bella and dressed her in a baby pink silk and fur blanket for the special photo.

The new mum wrote an extremely heartfelt message to go along with her social media post, describing Julia as a 'precious angel' and calling her 'my hearts deepest dream to come true'.

The post, which has been liked over 21k times, reads, 'And then my soul saw you and it kind of went, "Oh, there you are. I've been looking for you." #TBT to the best day of my life. One week ago I became a mom to this precious angel. Julia Mimi Bella 💗 Julia, you are my heart's deepest dream come true. I love you more than I could ever say. Welcome to this big beautiful world sweet girl!'

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Followers have shared some lovely messages with the actress, who is best known for her role as Gretchen in Mean Girls alongside Lindsey Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried.

One Instagram user wrote, 'Finally! Congratulations, Lacey! She's beautiful! Just like her mommy! Love the name, too! Such cuteness! 💖💖💖' and another added, 'Wow. What a gorgeous beautiful angel. Congratulations, this is the role you were always meant for my friend!! So much love to you and your family. 💝✨💖 '

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Lacey has been active on social media throughout her pregnancy using hashtags such as #anydaynow #due #anxiousandexcited just a week ago, and sharing a snap of herself with a huge bump asking, 'am I going to be pregnant forever?'.

Congratulations Lacey!

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