Rock-a-bye baby! Tina Fey gives birth to a girl, Penelope Athena

Tina Fey has given birth to a baby girl who she has called Penelope Athena.

The 30 Rock star welcomed her second child with composer husband Jeff Richmond, 50, on Wednesday.

The couple are already parents to five-year-old Alice who Tina said was excited to become a big sister.

ock-a-bye-baby: Tina Fey has given birth to her second daughter who she has called Penelope Athena

Rock-a-bye-baby: Tina Fey has given birth to her second daughter who she has called Penelope Athena

But in her memoir, Bossypants, Tina said she was 'stricken with guilt' that Alice was an only child and actually cried during a gynaecological appointment through stress.

'I thought raising an only child would be the norm in Manhattan,' she explained. 'But my daughter is the only child in her class without a sibling. Most kids have at least two.'

'Who will be my daughter's family when my husband and I are dead from stress-induced cankers?' she laughed. 'She must have a sibling.'

New addition: The 30 Rock star and her husband Jeff Richmond are already parents to five-year-old Alice

New addition: The 30 Rock star and her husband Jeff Richmond are already parents to five-year-old Alice

Tina, 41, announced her pregnancy during a taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show earlier this year.

The comedian said that her second pregnancy was 'easy' but debated whether to interrupt her career to have another child.

'My husband and I really decided that we felt rather than risk having 30 Rock end in several years and feeling like part of our family is missing that we were going to prioritise our family,' she said earlier this year.

Obligated: Tina said she felt guilty about not giving her daughter a sibling

Obligated: Tina said she felt guilty about not giving her daughter a sibling


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