AceShowbiz - Former "30 Rock" star Keith Powell has become a father to a baby girl, a year after the tragic loss of his first child.

The actor's wife, Jill Knox, gave birth to little Dolyn Reed Powell on Saturday, March 09, after the couple endured years of heartache as they tried to start a family and suffered the death of a son they planned to name Greyson, whose heart stopped beating days before his due date.

"After 5 years of trying, and the loss of our dear sweet stillborn Greyson last year, my wife and I are proud and happy to announce the birth of our daughter, Dolyn Reed Powell," Keith posted on social media, explaining that her first name is short for Gwendolyn, the name of his grandmother.

After 5 years of trying, and the loss of our dear sweet stillborn Greyson last year, my wife and I are proud and happy to announce the birth of our daughter, Dolyn Reed Powell (Dolyn, short for Gwendolyn, my grandmother’s name) on 3/9/19. Love! pic.twitter.com/UYHWZ9u8T9

— Keith Powell (@KeithPowell) 11 March 2019

However, the tot's arrival wasn't without drama - Jill had to undergo an emergency Caesarean section after experiencing complications.

"Her entrance into the world was rather scary but we made it and we are thriving...," the new mum shared on her own page. "I know emergency C-Sections happen everyday but after what happened last year we couldn't help but be absolutely terrified."

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It is with tremendous joy that I share with you all, a most incredible support system, that Dolyn Reed Powell arrived at 1:01 am on Saturday, March 9th. Her entrance into the world was rather scary but we made it and we are thriving. (Swipe for the journey) • • I went in to see my doctor on Tuesday for my 2x week baby monitoring and he saw some variables in her heart rate that he didn’t feel comfortable with. He sent me to check in to the hospital, hoping to induce me that day. Two days shy of 37 weeks would have made Dolyn (short for Gwendolyn - Keith’s Grandmother) a pre-term baby, and the head of Maternal Fetal Care was NOT having it. *Word on the street is that Miranda Bailey on Grey’s Anatomy is based on this doctor.* So I sat for 3 days attached to a monitor. I called in for reinforcements (a barber to give my hair some jazz and some HoBE to keep the steam train going). Finally my original induction date came and SURPRISE! My body went into labor on its own. We thought it was a great sign. After about 9 hours those scary variables in the baby’s heart rate from the Tuesday before took a very bad turn. The room of me, Keith, a nurse, and a resident all of a sudden filled with bodies in action. I was held down to the gurney I’d spent 3 days on, and rolled with haste to an OR. I looked behind me and Keith was in scrubs. I was super confused. It happened so fast. The baby’s heart rate was decreasing by the contraction and they decided to pull her, worried that she wasn’t getting enough oxygen. I know emergency C-Sections happen everyday but after what happened last year we couldn’t help but be absolutely terrified. • • • But now she’s here. We couldn’t be happier and we can’t wait to get her home. Thank you all, once again, for surrounding Dolyn with love.

A post shared by Jill Knox (art) (@jillknoxart) on Mar 10, 2019 at 5:42pm PDT

She added, "But now she's here. We couldn't be happier and we can't wait to get her home. Thank you all, once again, for surrounding Dolyn with love."

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Headed home from the hospital. Doing our best to limit her internet footprint so we won’t be posting tons of pics but I couldn’t resist sharing this #firstfamilyphoto

A post shared by Jill Knox (art) (@jillknoxart) on Mar 11, 2019 at 1:56pm PDT

The couple wed in 2013.