The big news today, I’m ashamed to admit has nothing to do with me or Athina… one of our colleagues, Sudari, has just given birth to a baby boy (her second).

Weighing in at 3.1 kilos and measuring 50cm, top to toe, mother and child look happy and healthy. The father looks like he could do with [...]

We’re 8 Weeks & 3 Days Pregnant.

Athina & I returned to the doctor last night and it turns out that Little Shrimpy is not 7 weeks and some but 8 weeks and 3 days (as of today, Feb 21st).

Confused &, again, thrilled… we got the whole pregnancy thing with a 2-month discount.

Before I share that little story, however, you may want to take a quick look at Athina’s favourite website at the moment: 3DPregnancy.com — I guess it’s more of a portal than anything else but the real hook for us is the rotating 3D image of the foetus on a week by week basis. Cool although possibly slightly creepy.

Continue reading Our baby is 7, no, 8 weeks old and looks like a prawn

Ok, I’m obviously as goofy as a perfectly goofy expectant father can be:

Don’t know what I’m talking about?

Click here: Hello Baby : [...]

Waiting slightly nervously for a visit with the doctor tonight as the preamble to a battery of tests tomorrow.

Given that Athina’s already 7 and a bit weeks in (7 weeks & 4 days today), we missed all the early tests completely and now have to go back and check blood, virii, and so on… luckily I [...]