‘I was pretty amazed’: Peaches Geldof introduces son Phaedra… as she insists she didn’t plan birth on late mother’s birthday

PUBLISHED: 18:12 EST, 12 May 2013 | UPDATED: 06:16 EST, 13 May 2013

She welcomed her second son Phaedra into the world on April 24 via caesarean section.

And as Peaches Geldof shows him off to the world for the first time, she insists that she never planned for him to be born on what would have been her mother’s 54th birthday.

Speaking to Hello! Magazine, the 24-year-old said it was simply down to ‘crazy synchronicity’.

Welcome: Peaches Geldof shows off son Phaedra for the first time as she speaks about his birth

The socialite insisted she was amazed to be told he would share the same birthday as her late mother Paula Yates.

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She told the magazine: ‘It wasn't an option. Maybe it is if you go private, but we didn't and were given the date randomly by a consultant.

‘I was pretty amazed when I read it though, and had to smile. I couldn't help feeling Mum must have had a hand in it.’

Second child: Peaches, who was spotted with first son Astala shortly after giving birth, insists she did not plan his delivery date

Happy families: Peaches and her husband Thomas Cohen now have a one-year-old son as well as their newborn

The former socialite wed musician Tom Cohen, 22, father of Phaedra and his big brother, 13-month-old Astala, in the grounds of her father Sir Bob Geldof's country home in Kent last summer.

Talking names: Peaches opens up about her interesting choice of name for her son

Astala had also originally been due on April 24, but his birth was brought forward so Peaches could have a Caesarean.

She said: ‘It's like Mum was very determined that one of her grandsons would be born on her birthday.

‘There's this kind of crazy synchronicity to it.’

Revealing the new arrival's full name to be Phaedra Bloom Forever, she joked: ‘I wouldn't be a Geldof if I didn't get stick in the press about my ridiculous choice of names. I've got to uphold the family tradition.

‘We chose Bloom because my middle name is Honeyblossom and also in homage to the Nirvana album In Bloom. 'Forever' we chose purely because it sounds cool.

‘I love his name and think he sounds like a rock star. We liked Phaedra because it features in a song both Tom and I love by Lee Hazlewood, called Some Velvet Morning.

‘It's nothing to do with some band called Tangerine Dream, as has been reported. I've never heard them.’

Her mother Paula died from a drug overdose in 2000 aged 41 when Peaches was just 11.

The full interview is in the new edition of Hello! which is on sale now.

Cutie: Peaches joked that she had to uphold her family's tradition of 'ridiculous' names

New friends: The socialite shared an adorable snap of baby Phaedra and her beloved pet pooch Parpy on her Instagram page

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Motherhood seems to suit her and she has changed a lot. However, I had a feeling she was holding out for the exclusive Hello shoot because there have been no pictures of Phaedra at all.

- Solange , London, United Kingdom, 13/5/2013 19:26

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Flowers growing on a hill Dragonflies and daffodils Learn from us Very much Look at us but do not touch Phaedra is my name

- Button Moon , Button Moon, United Kingdom, 13/5/2013 19:14

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Mary, re the ladder comment, you can see the foot of the photographer standing on the bed to get the shot. Hard to tell, but it could be Peaches' toes, never thought I'd say these two words in one sentence!

- MrsDubai , Dubai, 13/5/2013 19:00

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"That picture of the baby and the dog is frightening. - The Futurist, Chelmsford, 13/5/2013 17:38" Golden retrievers would make perfect nannies if they had opposable thumbs and the power of speech! They adore children. My retriever wouldn't come in from the garden one day last summer and I found her standing guard over a stray cat and her brand new kittens. They are very loving and protective dogs.

- TJ , Oxford, United Kingdom, 13/5/2013 18:20

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she has come a long way and looks happy and content ----lovely children and she looks lovely herself ---so well done peaches you hav done good xx

- miss shirley , herts, 13/5/2013 18:13

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Whoever took the photo of her newborn and the dog on the bed, must have been standing on a very tall ladder. Anyone get the feeling she is trying to follow up Mum in creating the perfect family?

- mary , England, 13/5/2013 17:57

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Don't you people realise that America (and moreso now the UK too) is absolutely choc full of girls with boys names and boys with girls names? It's absolutely nothing new so get over it. Dummies and dogs cuddled up to babies are great too :-)

- Anon_Scrumerset , UK, 13/5/2013 17:52

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That picture of the baby and the dog is frightening.

- The Futurist , Chelmsford, 13/5/2013 17:38

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do you think she realises that Phaedra is a greek girls name?

- depthcharge , London, United Kingdom, 13/5/2013 17:33

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I think we have well established that Phaedra is a girls name now.....

- C Nancy , St. Helens, United Kingdom, 13/5/2013 17:17

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