Britney Spears 'gives birth to boy'

Britney Spears, six months pregnant, on the cover of the August 2006 issue of Harper's Bazaar.

Pop star Britney Spears has given birth to her second child in Los Angeles, news media reported today.

Spears reportedly gave birth by ceasarean section at around 2am Tuesday (9pm Tue NZT), a family source told US music network MTV.

US magazines Us Weekly and People have reported the baby to be a boy.

US entertainment show Access Hollywood said it had confirmed the birth with Spears' father Jamie, who said he had already seen his grandchild, adding "Everything is great."

Us Weekly, citing a family source, said the child was a boy. Life&Style magazine said father Kevin Federline, Britney's husband, sent a text message to a family insider saying: "Break out the cigars! We got a baby boy in the house!"

The reports have not been confirmed by Spear's publicists.

If the reports prove correct, the baby was born just two days short of the birthday of Spears" and Federline's first son birthday. Sean Preston turns one year old on Sept. 14.

Federline has two other children with his ex, Shar Jackson, a daughter, Kori, 4, and a son, Kaleb, 2.

- REUTERS