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Hayden Panettiere introduces daughter Kaya Evdokia

The actress said parenthood has been "such a surreal experience and so out of body."

By Annie Martin
Hayden Panettiere shared the first photo of daughter Kaya. UPI/Jim Ruymen
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NASHVILLE, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Hayden Panettiere and fiancé Wladimir Klitschko shared the first photo of their newborn daughter Tuesday.

The 25-year-old actress and 38-year-old professional boxer released the picture of baby Kaya Evdokia to People magazine. Panettiere and Klitschko welcomed the infant December 9 in Nashville.

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"[Parenthood has been] such a surreal experience and so out of body," the star told the publication. "You're suddenly looking at this little thing like, 'Oh, that was you in my belly this whole time. [We're] just getting to know her."

"I'm limping around," the new mom admitted. "I'm still trying to figure out what [pregnancy] has done to my body, how it's changed it ... [Kaya's] really so sweet. I'm sure that's the way it's meant to be, because when they are putting you through the wringer you're like, 'You are so lucky you're cute!'"

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Panettiere and Klitschko started dating in 2009, but broke up in 2011. The pair resumed their relationship after the actress split from NFL player Scotty McKnight in December 2012, and announced their engagement in October 2013.

Panettiere came to fame on soap operas One Life to Live and Guiding Light in the 1990s, and subsequently portrayed Claire Bennet on NBC series Heroes. She currently stars as Juliette Barnes on ABC musical drama Nashville.

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