Olympic medalist Amanda Beard and photographer husband Sacha Brown are the proud parents of their first child, a son. Blaise Ray Brown was born on September 15^th, weighing in at 7 lbs. 12 oz.

After spending nearly 16 hours in labor, Amanda was “so happy” to meet her new son.

The name Blaise has both French and English roots and means “Stutters.” Middle name Ray means “Counselor” and is a diminutive of Raymond.

In May 2009, Amanda and Sacha wed in Maui. Amanda has won seven Olympic medals for swimming and hopes to compete in the 2012 Olympics.

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