Amber Heard welcomes baby girl via surrogate… five years after her nasty split from Johnny Depp

Surprise! Amber Heard welcomes baby girl via surrogate… five years after her nasty split from Johnny Depp

Amber Heard has revealed that she has welcomed her first child.

The 35-year-old actress took to Instagram to share a snap of herself cradling her daughter with a lengthy caption about wanting to have a child  under her own conditions.

She captioned the snap to her 3.9million followers:  ‘I’m so excited to share this news with you. Four years ago, I decided I wanted to have a child. I wanted to do it on my own terms.’

Surprise! Amber Heard has revealed that she has welcomed her first child

She also revealed that she has named the child Oonagh Paige Heard as the first name is of Scottish origin and means pure and holy.

According to Page Six on Thursday, sources close to Heard claim that she welcomed the child via surrogate after being told that she would never being able to carry her own baby.

The revelation comes five years after filing from divorce from actor Johnny Depp as the two have been embroiled in a bitter court battle ever since.

Amber stressed the importance of women being able to become parents regardless of marital situation.

She wrote: ‘I now appreciate how radical it is for us as women to think about one of the most fundamental parts of our destinies in this way

‘I hope we arrive at a point in which it’s normalized to not want a ring in order to have a crib.’