James Stewart gives the victory sign outside
the hospital after his daughter's birth. Picture: Matrix / Source:
The Daily Telegraph
Joel
Christie, The Daily Telegraph, reports
Aussie
actress Jessica Marais did an "amazing" job at the birth of her baby
girl, according to her beaming fiance James Stewart.
Stewart, the soon-to-be former Packed
To The Rafters star, and Marais welcomed their daughter, Scout Edie
Stewart, at 5.41pm on Wednesday after a 12-hour labour.
"Jess is great," a glowing
Stewart said.
"She's amazing. I can't believe
women do that."
He said both extended families were
over the moon following the arrival of the healthy baby, with Marais' mum
particularly excited about becoming a grandmother.
"This is Jess' mum's first
grandchild, so they're very excited," Stewart said.
Having opted to be surprised,
Stewart, 36, had a wager with his Logie-winning bride-to-be over their baby's
gender, predicting the bub would be a girl.
Baby name specialists were quick to
point out the pair have likely scouted their little one's unique moniker in the
US, where they plan to relocate as early as next month so Marais can continue
her promising stateside career.
In 2011, just six Australian
children were called Scout, according to the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and
Marriages, with seven recorded the year before.
Danielle Townsend, editor of website
BabyCentre, said the name was probably inspired by the surge in popularity of
the name Harper following the birth of Victoria and David Beckham's daughter
last year.
Harper Lee wrote the Pulitzer
Prize-winning American novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Scout was one of its
central characters.
"Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
also have a Scout but she is an adult, so the name has been in use for a while.
Our database shows Scout has become less common, with about 150 children taking
the name last year (in America)," she said.
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