Baby Martin Arrives
 Steve
and Sandra are delighted to announce the addition of Axel
Alexander into the Martin family, born at 7.06am yesterday,
Wednesday 25 October, weighing in at 3.37kg (7lb 4oz) and
measuring 50.5cm long.
Steve said, “It’s just awesome. It’s not
totally sunk in yet and the moment of him actually arriving
was amazing really – that you’ve made something
like that and so perfect. He’s been pretty cool and
calm since being born, so I hope that’s a sign of things
to come!
“I don’t know where the time has gone this last
twenty four hours. When we have Axel with us the hours seem
like minutes but he’s also been up in the communal nursery
some of the time which is good in that at least Sandy’s
been able to have some rest, as she worked pretty hard throughout
Tuesday night!
“I sent out texts and emails to as many people as I
could yesterday, but it was a pretty busy day so I’m
sorry if reading our news on the FPR website or getting this
press release is the first thing that some our friends and
sponsors have heard about Axel’s arrival.
“We considered a load of names, but while we were at
Brno in July we watched a lot of the Tour de France and there
are some cyclists with some great names, so we’ve got
Axel Merckx to thank for inspiration for Axel’s name.
“And Alexander was the middle name of an amazing friend
of ours called John, who was without doubt the biggest influence
and role model in my life, who died last year and we miss
greatly.”
A week over her due date, Sandra was induced at 6.00pm on
Tuesday before a lot of hard work followed for the next thirteen
hours!
Sandra said, “Having to be induced didn’t make
it the quickest or easiest labour around, but it certainly
wasn’t the worst by far and we’ve got a fantastic
little bundle which makes everything worth it. Axel is totally
a little Steve – the same nose, hands and features,
so I know he’s going to be absolutely gorgeous! He was
born on my Nan’s birthday and I was induced a year to
the day of Steve's kidney operation. We’d have never
imagined then that a year on we’d be back at hospital
having a baby!”
Steve, Sandra and Axel now have a few weeks at home in Switzerland
together before Steve resumes his winter testing programme
and they then return to Australia to introduce Axel to the
family.
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