Leila McKinnon welcomes baby boy

Nine newsreader andAustralian Women’s Weeklybook reviewer Leila McKinnon has given birth to her first child.

Leila and her husband Nine CEO David Gyngell welcomed Edmund “Ted” McKinnon Gyngell into the world at around 2am this morning.

The newest addition to McKinnon Gyngell clan is a 51cm, 3.018kg, healthy baby boy who arrived at a tense time for his father.

Gyngell joined his wife’s side amid meetings with financiers concerning his company, taking time out from negotiations to be with Leila in hospital, saying he had “more important things to attend to”.

Mother and baby are “doing well”, a Nine Network spokesperson said this morning.

Leila McKinnon welcomes baby boy

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