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Governor Sarah Palin gave birth to a 6 pound, 2 ounce, baby boy Friday morning at 6:30 a.m. File photo, Alaska Suerstation ABC®.

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Story Created: Apr 18, 2008 at 1:40 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Apr 18, 2008 at 1:41 PM AKDT

Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd announced on Friday the birth of their fifth child. This is the second Palin boy in the family, and according to a press release the governor and Trig Paxson Van Palin are doing well and resting comfortably.

At 6:30 a.m. Trig Palin was born, about a month before the governor was expected, weighing in at 6 pounds, 2 ounces.

While in Texas at the Governor's Energy Conference on Thursday, the governor began labor where she gave a keynote address. However she made it back to Alaska in time to deliver the baby.