SIMON ROPER - UNITED KINGDOM
former student (see post 19 September 2006) residing in Australia

We are happy to belatedly announce that Jamal Peter Roper was born Feb 5 at 14:25 EST, weighing in at a healthy 7lb 7oz. It was a natural water birth and Anneela didn’t have any interventions which meant he was all the happier when he came out. I was lucky enough to be able to ‘catch’ him once he appeared and cut the umbilical cord before giving him to a very relieved Mum! An experience I will never forget…

Eventually I will open up a blogger page for us all to keep all you guys on the other side of the planet up to date with our progress down under… we’ll try not to bombard the non-parents with too much baby stuff as we realize it can get a bit much!

Simon, Anneela and Jamal