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James Van Der Beek and Wife Kimberly welcome fifth child

Congratualtions to the Dawson's Creek star! - by Elizabeth Leonard and Karen Mizoguchi
  • 18 Jun 2018
James Van Der Beek and Wife Kimberly welcome fifth child
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James Van Der Beek is a father of five!

 

PEOPLE exclusively confirms the 41-year-old Pose star and his wife Kimberly welcomed their fifth child, a girl named Gwendolyn. The baby was born Friday morning, June 15, at their home with a doctor and midwife on-hand, just like their previous three children. (Their eldest was born in a hospital.)

“Every child awakens a different energy in you… and this one has been bringing up the truth ever since we found out she was on her way,” the actor said in a statement.

“I’ve been in bliss these last few days, but I’ve also been feeling the pain of parents who have been separated from their kids, and the terror those poor kids must be in right now. I live an incredibly privileged life… and the last thing I want would be to politicize a birth… but this is human rights abuse. It just didn’t seem right to bask in my privilege and blessings and not bring attention to it.”

In a sweet photo with the newborn, Van Der Beek holds Gwendolyn against his bare chest. Another photo shows Kimberly enjoying some sleepy cuddling with the baby, and the other children fawn over their new sibling.

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The newest addition to the family joins big siblings Emilia, 2, Annabel Leah, 4, Joshua, 6, and Olivia, 7½.

The What Would Diplo Do? showrunner and star tied the knot with Kimberly in August 2010, welcoming Olivia the next month. The “small, spiritual ceremony” took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, where the couple met in 2009.

The Van Der Beeks first announced their baby news in February when they shared an an adorable photo of their four children placing their hands on Kimberly’s baby bump.

In late April, Van Der Beek said there was “plenty of room for one more” in the family minivan alongside a snapshot of all four kids hanging out in the backseat of the car.

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Thrilled to announce we welcomed a brand new baby girl into the world Friday morning, just in time for #FathersDay 😍 These last few days, as I've enjoyed the privilege of making smoothies I know my older kids will like, making my wife red raspberry leaf tea to ease her uterine contractions, spending "boy time" with my son and getting my two year-old down for a nap in the way only I know how... I've been heart sick about something. As I write this, kids are being ripped from the arms of their parents. By our government. For the kid's benefit? No - the opposite - as a purposeful display of cruelty to deter would-be illegal border crossers AND legal asylum seekers (it's happening to both). And it wouldn't be honest to wax poetic about my new-baby bliss without speaking up against this atrocity. If we allow our government to de-humanize fathers, and mothers, and children in the name of defending our borders... we've lost a huge part what makes those borders worth defending. And even if you don't believe in karma, or in extending basic human decency to people who didn't win the geographic birth lottery... even if you're hard-liner enough to say, "Break the law, suffer the consequences," shouldn't the punishment at least fit the crime? And if you're still cold enough to say, "Well, it's effective," consider this: This heinous practice was put into place by our own attorney general (who justified it with a cherry-picked Bible verse), and our president blamed rivals before tweeting his list of legislative demands to be met before he stops it. Regardless of how you feel about immigration, or a wall, or this president... if we say we're okay with our government using human rights violations as a deterrent or as a bargaining chip... what happens when we find ourselves on the wrong side of the agenda? Either in this administration or the next? This should not be a political issue - it's a human one. A crime against humanity is a crime against us all. More info in link in my bio. Oh, and @vanderkimberly - you're a f*cking earth goddess rock star and I'm as in awe of you as I am in love with you. And our new baby's name is Gwendolyn ❤️ #HappyFathersDay everybody.

A month before, in March, the Dawson’s Creek alum opened up on social media about the “trickiest” part of being a parent of four — and how he and his wife manage the task.

“Trickiest thing with multiple kids is carving out one-on-one time with each of them … but it’s SO important,” he captioned a photo gallery featuring himself, a pregnant Kimberly and Annabel.

“Had a million things I wanted to get done today, but ultimately, none of it would have held a candle to watching my #3 thrive when asked something she’s rarely ever asked: What do YOU want to do?” Van Der Beek added.

This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.

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