Beyonce gives birth to girl Blue Ivy Carter with Jay-Z by her side at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital The star, checked in to the hospital with the alias Ingrid Jackson, rented out fourth floor for $1.3 million 
 
 A very pregnant Beyonce checked into the upper East Side hospital Friday night under the name “ Ingrid Jackson ,” a hospital staffer told the Daily News. 
 
 BABY-ONCÉ finally has a name — Blue Ivy Carter. 
 
 Music royalty Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed the baby girl in a private wing of Lenox Hill Hospital, the E! network reported Sunday. The baby's name was originally reported by E! as Ivy Blue. 
 
 Music mogul Russell Simmons also confirmed the arrival of the bundle of joy, tweeting “congrats to my good friends Beyonce and Jay-Z.” 
 
 Gwyneth Paltrow, a good friend of the music moguls, tweeted, "Welcome to the world Blue! We love you already." 
 
 Rihanna added her congratulations as well, writing "Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih." 
 
 A very pregnant Beyoncé had checked into the upper East Side hospital on Friday night under the name “Ingrid Jackson,” a hospital staffer told the Daily News. 
 
 Beyoncé and her hip-hop hubby, whose real name is Shawn Carter, rented out the hospital’s entire fourth floor for $1.3 million, the employee said. 
 
 On Saturday night, people were seen bringing bags of takeout and a dozen bottles of red wine onto the heavily guarded hospital wing. 
 
 After 11 p.m., even doctors and nurses were barred from entering the fourth floor, prompting one doc to complain that he had patients to see. 
 
 In an effort to keep images from leaking to the public, hospital workers placed tape over security cameras and are forcing employees to turn in cell phones when they arrive for their shifts, a source said. 
 
 Several security guards were spotted patrolling the perimeter of the hospital Saturday night. 
 
 A Lenox Hill staffer confirmed that a patient named Ingrid Jackson was in a “labor room.” 
 
 Reps for the power couple did not return requests for comment. 
 
 The 30-year-old singer was last seen Thursday when she was photographed leaving a Manhattan apartment building wearing hip-hugging jeans, gold heels and a patterned scarf masking her belly. 
 
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 anddid NOT pay $1.3 million so thesinger could give birth toin a sealed off private floor ... this according to the hospital.A rep for Lenox Hill Hospital just released a statement, claiming, "The suggestion that the couple paid $1.3 million to rent an entire maternity floor is simply not true."The rep adds, "The family is housed in an executive suite at the hospital and is being billed the standard rate for those accommodations."According to the rep, "The family does have its own security detail on site. However, the hospital has been and continues to be in control of managing all security at the facility. We have made every effort to ensure minimal disruption to other families experiencing the births of their own children over the past three days."TMZ broke the story ... moms at Lenox Hill are considering filing a lawsuit against the hospital, claiming they were treated like 2nd class citizens when Beyonce rolled in this weekend. ||||| "We are in heaven," said the couple of the arrival of Blue Ivy Carter. 
 
 "Hello Hello Baby Blue!" starts the statement from new parents, Beyonce and Jay-Z. The music powercouple brought their first child, Blue Ivy Carter, into the world on Saturday at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. 
 
 
 
 The released an official statement on Monday, writing, "We are happy to announce the arrival of our beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, born on Saturday, January 7, 2012." 
 
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 "Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven," they add in the statement. "She was delivered naturally at a healthy 7 lbs. and it was the best experience of both of our lives." 
 
 
 
 Fans have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Beyonce and Jay-Z's child since Beyonce revealed she was pregnant back at the MTV VMA awards. Rumors began spreading more than a week ago that Beyonce had already had the child. 
 
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 Even on the day of the actual birth, more rumors swirled including that the couple shelled out $1.3 million to book a whole floor in the maternity ward, a claim that the hospital quickly refuted. 
 
 
 
 "The suggestion that the couple paid $1.3 million to rent an entire maternity floor is simply not true. The family is housed in an executive suite at the hospital and is being billed the standard rate for those accommodations. Our executive suites are available for any patient, including the food service and amenities provided to the Carter family," Frank Danza, a spokesman for Lenox Hill Hospital stated. 
 
 
 
 Jay-Z has also released a musical statement about the birth of his daughter. The rapper released a song, “Glory” feat. B.I.C., on his website on Monday. In the rap, Jay spits that, “My greatest creation was you” and dedicates the track to “the most beautiful girl in the world.” ||||| We have more information for you on the birth of Beyonce’s first child from TMZ.com, and our Lenox Hill hospital source. 
 
 According to our source, Beyonce and her surrogate were admitted to the upper East side hospital on the same maternity floor. Other women in labor were also admitted to the floor despite rumors that Beyonce and Jay Z rented the entire floor for an absurd $1.3 million. 
 
 Our source said, “Lenox Hill does not turn away expectant mothers to cater to the needs of celebrities.” 
 
 The NY Daily News confirmed that Beyonce was admitted to the hospital under the name Ingrid Jackson. But we’re told the surrogate mother was also admitted to Lenox Hill under an assumed alias. 
 
 According to TMZ.com, hospital brass held a meeting leading up to the delivery to discuss a security plan for the birth. The meeting between execs and security was held Friday afternoon and strict security was in place almost immediately, preparing for the Saturday delivery. 
 
 Such an elaborate security plan was required to conceal the fact that Beyonce was not the one giving birth. Security cameras were taped over, or turned off — which is a violation of hospital policies. 
 
 Our source said the baby girl was delivered via c-section while the mother was given an epidural to block the pain. The birth mother was allowed to briefly hold the baby and then the baby was handed off to Beyonce who waited in an adjoining room. 
 
 The hospital source said Beyonce declined to be present in the delivery room during the birth. The baby’s name, Blue Ivy Carter, was chosen prior to her birth. It is presumed that the name is an amalgamation of Jay Z and Beyonce’s albums, Blueprint and 4 since IV is the Roman numeral symbol for the number 4. 
 
 Mystery and rumors surrounded the “pregnancy” of one of the most narcissistic pop singers in music history. Beyonce performed 4 sold out performances wearing a skimpy outfit in New York just 10 days before showing up obviously pregnant on the red carpet at the MTV Awards. 
 
 Since that time, Beyonce’s baby bump took on various shapes and sizes, and even appeared to collapse completely during an interview on an Australian TV show. 
 
 According to to our source, the birth mother will be secreted out of Lenox Hill hospital sometime Tuesday or Wednesday. Meanwhile, Beyonce will leave the hospital with the baby under heavy security either Monday or Tuesday. ||||| Video 
 
 Image Jay Z releases rap song for baby Just days after Beyonce gave birth, father Jay Z has released a rap song for their daughter Blue Ivy. Producer/editing: Josephine Asher 
 
 Celeb couple spend $1.5m on newborn daughter 
 
 Reportedly bought a diamond-encrusted high chair 
 
 Jay-Z raps on birth of daughter Blue Ivy in song Glory 
 
 She's barely two days old but Beyoncé and Jay-Z have already spent an astonishing $1.5 million on their newborn daughter. 
 
 She's barely two days old but Beyoncé and Jay-Z have already spent an astonishing $1 million on their newborn daughter. 
 
 
 
 The superstar couple have splashed out on everything from a nursery, to a diamond-encrusted high chair and other extravagant goods for the tot. 
 
 And little Blue Ivy Carter, who was born in New York late on Saturday night, reportedly even has three identical nurseries already made up in the couple's three U.S. homes. 
 
 
 
 The R&B singer and her rapper beau spent £240,000 alone on the special bedrooms for the baby. 
 
 
 
 A source says: 'Together they’ve bought a Swarovski-studded high chair by Carla Monchen for £10,000, and a Fantasy ‘posh tots’ coach carriage crib for £30,000. 
 
 
 
 'Jay-Z bought Beyonce a solid gold handmade Ginza Tanaka rocking horse for £400,000.'They’ve even splashed out on a £20,000 magical windmill playhouse for the garden and a mini Bugatti car, too.'And their extravagance doesn't stop there - the couple have even bought expensive jewellery and baby trinkets to mark her birth.The source adds: 'They’ve got baby charm bracelets, gold and platinum diamond rattles and dummies from Tiffany & Co, too.'The news of the spending spree follows over-the-top security measures put in place by her pushy, famous parents at the Manhattan hospital where she was born. 
 
 To accommodate the influential couple’s demand for privacy for them and their new kid at Lenox Hill Hospital, other new and expecting parents said they have essentially been put on “lockdown” - and even booted out of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which was on the same floor as Beyonce’s delivery “suite” - so the pampered songstress and her party could come and go unencumbered. 
 
 
 
 Although the couple are ecstatic now they've welcomed their first child in to the world, they have been hiding a secret heartache, which they've only just unveiled. 
 
 
 
 On Thursday, Jay-Z revealed Beyonce suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage before falling pregnant with Blue Ivy last year. 
 
 
 
 The rapper made the revelation in a new song called Glory, which he posted on his social website Life and Times yesterday. 
 
 
 
 The tune is a tribute to their daughter, and in the track, Jay-Z, 42, talks about where the child was conceived (in Paris) and even reveals that Beyonce, 30, had lost a child at one point. 
 
 
 
 He sings: 'Last time the miscarriage was so tragic/We was afraid you'd disappear/But nah baby you magic.' 
 
 
 
 The sound of crying Blue Ivy can be heard at the end of the song. 
 
 
 
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– If it's been nearly 24 hours since your last fix of Babyoncé updates, surely you're hungering for more, and we can deliver. The latest on Blue Ivy Carter: The hospital where Beyoncé gave birth denies rumors that she and Jay-Z paid $1.3 million to rent out an entire floor, and tells TMZ the family paid the "standard rate" for an "executive suite." But that doesn't mean the birth wasn't swank: The New York Daily News notes that people were seen carrying takeout and lots of red wine into the wing on Saturday night. The baby's life will also be swank: According to Australia's News Network, Bey and Jay have already spent $1 million on baby items including a Swarovski crystal-studded high chair, a solid gold rocking horse, and a mini Bugatti. Us adds that they also purchased a $3,500 Lucite crib. Blue may not have been born on her own private floor of the hospital, but she does already have her own security detail, a family friend tells the Huffington Post. And controversy over that security continues: More patients complain to the New York Times that they were kept from the neonatal unit, and TMZ reports that a group of new mothers is considering filing a lawsuit against the hospital. Beyoncé and Jay-Z released an official statement on their daughter's birth yesterday, giving the world a little bit of TMI with their announcement that she was "delivered naturally" in an "emotional" birth. Of course, not everyone can just let them be happy with what they called "the best experience of both of our lives." Conspiracy theories abound, with bloggers speculating that Beyoncé actually used a surrogate, and SandraRose.com reports that the singer wasn't even in the room when the surrogate gave birth. Want more? Click to see what Oprah gave the new baby.