Amber Le Bon has given birth to her first child.

The 35-year-old model – who is the daughter of Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon and his wife Yasmin – and her boyfriend Ben Mercer privately welcomed their son Sasha Echo Le Bon Mercer into the world on January 30.

Amber has now opened up about her ‘hairy’ labour which saw her son delivered with forceps in a new interview as she shared the happy news.

Amber announced the news with HELLO! magazine, saying: ‘I’m just so obsessed with him. I keep looking at him and think, ‘how on earth am I ever going do anything ever again? And all I want to do is cuddle you and smell you…

‘We had two names on our shortlist and when he came out, I said, “I think he’s a Sasha”. I’ve always loved that name.

‘Echo is a name from Greek mythology, and we liked the way it flowed on from his first name.’

Amber Le Bon has given birth to her first child

The 35-year-old model – who is the daughter of Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon and his wife Yasmin – and her boyfriend Ben Mercer welcomed son Sasha Echo Le Bon Mercer into the world on 30 January

Amber spent 40 hours in labour with Sasha – who weighed 7lbs 6oz – and had both Ben and her mother by her side at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

She said that her partner was ‘brilliant’ during the delivery, which she said took place while sound effects of a thunderstorm played on a set of speakers. 

‘Ben cut the cord, and they put Sasha on my chest. I was in a bit of shock, and I couldn’t quite believe it, but I had this H๏τ little human being on my chest, and I thought, ‘Wow, he’s really here’. But it took a while for it to sink in, and then I burst into happy tears and couldn’t stop.’

During her third trimester, Amber joined her dad on Duran Duran’s US tour and her son has already shown himself to be a Duran Duran fan.

She said: ‘It was the last time I’d be able to do it without having to think about anyone else, and we had such a lovely time.

‘I was quite big and pregnant at that point, and I wore sparkly dresses to all the shows and looked like a little disco ball, so we ended up calling the bump ‘Sparkles’, which was Sasha’s name until he was born.

‘Sparkles loves music – he’s a mini-Durannie already. He was definitely kicking along to the older stuff.’