Its a Girl Proud Mum and Dad, Ne-Yo and Crystal confirms

Ne-Yo and his wife Crystal Renay have welcomed their third child together.

Crystal announced the news to Instagram on Friday, revealing that the couple's baby girl came four weeks earlier than expected. 'ISABELLA ROSE SMITH! God said don't make plans honey! She came 4 weeks early but right on time for mommy! Born at 11:11 am (lucky lil lady) 5 lbs 7 oz of perfection My world is finally complete' Crystal captioned a photo from the delivery room.

Taking to her Instagram stories Crystal also shared a sweet photo of her newborn's footprint. In another post Crystal shared the message, 'Princess Isabella Rose Smith! You are worth all the pain!’. The couple are also parents to sons Roman Alexander-Raj, three, and Shaffer Chimere Jr., five. This is Ne-Yo's fifth child as he also has Mason Evan, nine, and daughter Madilyn Grace, 10, from a previous relationship.

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Ne-Yo and Crystal, who married in 2016, announced their baby news in February. 'Overjoyed to announce...... the family is expanding...!' the Miss Independent singer wrote on Instagram, adding 'You ready baby? Let's go!' In March Ne-Yo admitted Crystal stopped him from getting a vasectomy before they got pregnant with their third child.

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The So Sick hitmaker said: 'She decided that she doesn’t want any more children, and I’m following her lead on that ... No, no , no - not getting the surgery. Now mind you ... my plan was to get the surgery, but she was like, "No, no, no, don’t get the surgery because if we ever decide we do want anymore kids then we can’t do it." I'm like, "You just said you didn’t want more kids?" 'And she was like, "I don’t want no more kids right now, but what if I want some..." I'm like, "Oh." So this last one is the plan, and then if God decides he wants us to have some more, I guess we’ll have some more.'

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