Savannah Guthrie finally gave birth to a baby girl named Vale Guthrie Feldman. It was announced by her delighted Today show colleagues on Thursday.

In the early hours of Wednesday at a New York City hospital, the morning anchor, Savannah Guthrie had the baby, weighing 8.5lb and measuring 19.5inches.

The 42-year-old host had posted a cryptic tweet in the earlier hours of Thursday which read: 'My 3am wake-up call sounds a lot different now. Sweeter...'

Mike Feldman, 45, was by Savannah's side when she gave birth. He retweeted Savannah's tweet, adding: 'This sound is like music to my ears.' The political consultant and the TV presenter married on March 15 this year in Tucson, Arizona. They announced at their wedding reception that Savannah was pregnant with her first child.

Today reported: 'At the moment, she has blue eyes, a little bit of blondish hair and the chubbiest cheeks you've ever seen.'

Savannah sent a message adding: 'The baby is more cheek than baby at the moment.'

Anchor Matt Lauer shared with viewers that the name Vale is taken from an old English word meaning 'valley by a stream.' Lauer said: 'They named her that because she was so calm and so serene until ten o'clock last night.' 'I actually talked to Savannah and Mike on the phone last night and the baby was fussing a little bit and she said ''but she was so peaceful!'' 'They are over, overjoyed and everybody is doing great,' he added.

Matt Lauer said that he had then been texting with Savannah on Wednesday when she suddenly she went quiet. After a probing text, Savannah replied with a text of a baby's foot.

Around a week before her due date, Today host Natalie Morales told viewers on Thursday she had spoken to Savannah; although she had just started maternity leave on Monday.

NBC has not revealed who will fill in for Savannah while she is away learning the ropes of first time motherhood.

In May, NBC News president Deborah Turness said in a statement to The New York Times: 'Savannah has been such a big part of the Today show's momentum over the last few months.

'While she's with her newborn we'll keep that momentum going with our own homegrown talent with perhaps a few surprises mixed in. 'Friend only had one hour of sleep, she was on 'cloud nine'.

Indeed her giving birth to her first born cause a great delight on her colleagues at Today.