We discovered that we were expecting a few weeks after coming home from a holiday in the USA.

The due date was initially 9-May-05.

For the first three months Claire had morning sickness, but was pleased to recover and to progress to eating like a horse!

Claire continued her Phd lab work until birth. 

Our baby (about 5 weeks)  

David, Baby (14 weeks) and Claire (21 weeks)

David recorded our babys heart beat when we went for checkups.

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The baby kicked for the first time at 9:15pm 29-Nov-04. It kicked twice in a row.  Claire describes the baby movements as ‘wibble-wobbles’.

Claire at (26 weeks)

David felt the baby kick on the 10-Jan-05, he describes it as Claire flexing her tummy muscles really quickley.

At 29 weeks (21-Feb-05) Claire felt big, finding sleep difficult and is a little anemic, and ate iron tablets, but otherwise happy. The baby is much more active now. We are both looking for baby things on ebay.

Dave and Claire in the snow (29 weeks) and Claire (33 weeks)

Claire a few weeks before birth and Claire 7 days before birth (We only got half way to Crammond Island, before tiredness set in, we came back).