Brooke Shields gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Grier Hammond Henchy, on Tuesday, her rep tells PEOPLE magazine exclusively.

The baby, who was born in Los Angeles, weighed in at 7 lbs., and measured 20 inches.

Brooke Shields, 40, and husband Chris Henchy, 42, who wed in 2001, also have a daughter, Rowan, who will be 3 next month.

"Brooke was simply glowing all evening," her friend, event planner Jo Gartin, who organized the fete, told PEOPLE.

Of her second go-around as an expectant mom, Brooke Shields told PEOPLE, "This pregnancy has been a lot easier."

Brooke Shields suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her first child. She wrote a book on the subject, Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression, and has spoken out about her use of antidepressants.

 

Last year Brooke Shields was famously criticized by Tom Cruise, who as a Scientologist opposes psychiatry and prescription medication to battle depression.

This time Brooke Shields is definitely more relaxed. "Nothing is going to shock me anymore. I am more prepared," she told PEOPLE. 

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