Simon Le Bon<\/a> and his wife Yasmin – and her boyfriend Ben Mercer welcomed son Sasha Echo Le Bon Mercer into the world on 30 January and she couldn’t be happier.<\/p>\nAmber told Britain’s HELLO! magazine: “I’m just so obsessed with him. I keep looking at him and think, \u2018how on earth am I ever going do anything ever again? And all I want to do is cuddle you and smell you…<\/p>\n
“We had two names on our shortlist and when he came out, I said, \u2018I think he’s a Sasha’. I’ve always loved that name.<\/p>\n
“Echo is a name from Greek mythology, and we liked the way it flowed on from his first name.”<\/p>\n
\nAmber spent 40 hours in labour with Sasha – who weighed 7lbs 6oz – and was grateful to have both Ben and her mother by her side at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: “I couldn’t have done it without the both of them there; they were amazing. <\/p>\n
\n“Ben was absolutely brilliant, and Mama was there to help, because I think it is quite exhausting and traumatic seeing someone you love in pain like that. <\/p>\n
\n“I put a thunderstorm on the speaker, and I was chatting and laughing with the midwives, having a really lovely time. And then the last 10 minutes got a bit hairy, and I was whipped over to the labour ward for a forceps delivery, because Sasha was quite tired by then. <\/p>\n
\n“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 hot little human being on my chest, and I thought, \u2018Wow, 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.”<\/p>\n
\nDuring 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.<\/p>\n
\nShe 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.<\/p>\n
\n“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 \u2018Sparkles’, which was Sasha’s name until he was born.<\/p>\n
\n“Sparkles loves music – he’s a mini-Durannie already. He was definitely kicking along to the older stuff.”<\/p>\n
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