HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Courtney Thorne-Smith has given birth to a baby boy.
Jacob Emerson Fishman, who weighed 6 lbs. 13 oz, is the first child for the “According to Jim” star and her husband, Roger Fishman, who owns a media company.
Despite being nearly two weeks past her original due date, the former “Melrose Place” actress insisted on giving birth the natural way rather than being induced. The 40-year-old entered the hospital on Thursday night and — after nearly 12 hours of labor — delivered her baby boy this morning.
The couple insisted on not knowing the sex of their baby beforehand, an insider tells OK! magazine.
“They were surprised and, of course, delighted when Jake arrived,” the source says. “She had selected the name Maya in the event she was greeted by a girl baby instead of a boy. Courtney’s son’s middle name Emerson is also her father’s name.
“She is happily breastfeeding at the moment and bounced back so fast from her delivery ordeal that she has been given the ‘all clear’ to leave the hospital tonight if she wants.
“Everything happened so quickly that Courtney’s mom — who had flown in for the birth weeks ago — had already flown back home and wasn’t able to arrive in time.”
The happy couple, who met on an airplane, were married last January.
