Baby joy! NRL star Nate Myles and his actress wife Tessa James secretly welcome their fourth child

NRL star Nate Myles and his actress wife Tessa James have secretly welcomed their fourth child, six months after publicly announcing the pregnancy.

Tessa, 33, shared a photo on Instagram on Friday evening showing her tenderly holding a baby wrapped in a blanket.

The beautiful lady beamed in the heartwarming photo as she gently breastfed her newborn baby during her stay in the State of Origin in Queensland.

The Home and Away star looked every inch the devoted mother as she posed alongside her NRL WAG Nicole Slater, the wife of Maroons coach Billy Slater.

Tessa and Nate, 39, are known to value their privacy, so they haven’t made any public announcement about the birth of their child or what name they’ve chosen.

In January, the lovebirds announced that they are expecting their fourth child soon.

The couple said The Saturday Telegraph that Tessa was only a few weeks away from the birth of their new addition.

Nate and Tessa have a six-year-old son Saynt, a three-year-old son Jaguar and an almost two-year-old London together.

NRL star Nate Myles and his actress wife Tessa James have secretly welcomed their fourth child together, six months after publicly announcing the pregnancy. Both pictured

“I feel really good. I have three other busy boys, so I don’t have time to feel anything other than good,” James said.

He then explained that the couple likes to keep their lives private and doesn’t share too many details on social media.

“I think it’s really nice to consciously not share too much. It’s important to keep something private. It’s very sacred to us,” he added.

Tessa, 33, shared a photo on Instagram on Friday night in which she tenderly captured a baby wrapped in a blanket. The Home and Away star looked every bit the devoted mother as she posed alongside her NRL WAG Nicole Slater

Tessa, 33, shared a photo on Instagram on Friday night in which she tenderly captured a baby wrapped in a blanket. The Home and Away star looked every bit the devoted mother as she posed alongside her NRL WAG Nicole Slater

Tessa and Nate, 39, are known to value their privacy and have not made a public announcement confirming the birth of their child or what name they have chosen

Tessa and Nate, 39, are known to value their privacy and have not made a public announcement confirming the birth of their child or what name they have chosen

Tessa, who rose to fame for her role as Nicole Franklin in Home And Away, first met Nate in 2009 through mutual friends Jodi and Braith Anasta and got engaged to him the following year.

They married in 2011 and had their first child in December 2017.

Tessa became pregnant three years after she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease at age 23.

Nate supported Tessa through her health issues and chemotherapy.