Ice-T, Coco Baby Daughter Born [PHOTO]: 'SVU' Star, Model’s Newborn Comes Early

Coco Austin had her baby girl Chanel!  The curvy model gave birth to her first child with rapper and actor Ice-T on Saturday morning in New Jersey.  Baby Chanel arrived a few weeks early, weighing 5.7 pounds.

Coco took to social media to announce her happy news, writing, "Surprise!!! Look who came early!! Welcome the new arrival of Chanel Nicole. A beautiful healthy 5.7 pound and 18 inch baby girl."

The baby's middle name, Nicole, is Coco's birth name. 

The 36-year-old model and reality star added, "Ice and I are so proud! I cried while she was coming out I was so excited to meet her!"

Coco was only 37 weeks along in her pregnancy and little Chanel arrived three weeks early.

The model and her 57-year-old husband announced they were expecting their first child together in July on their talk show.

Austin and Ice-T, whose birth name is Tracy Lauren Morrow, revealed they were having a baby girl and naming her Chanel in August. 

Austin recently wrote on a blog on E! that she was tired of having to defend her small baby bump, assuring fans her pregnancy was healthy.

She wrote, "In response to the critics of my small baby bump, the thing is I constantly ask my doctor, 'Am I healthy? Is the baby healthy? What is going on? Have you seen this before?' My doctor says yes, athletes look like this all the time because they have such strong abs muscles that it takes longer for a bump to pop out."

Ice-T and Coco have been married since January 2001.