Harvey Douglas Argar

Born: June 27, 2.46am

Weight: 7lb 11oz

Parents: Alison Stevens and Martin Argar of Melksham.

NAMED after the invisible rabbit in the film starring James Stewart, Harvey Douglas Argar is the first baby for couple Martin Argar and Alison Stevens of Woodstock Gardens, Melksham.

Mr Argar, 39, is the owner of Oakwood Prestige Cars and Alison Stevens, 34, works in retail sales and already has a child, 14-year-old Lauren.

A normal pregnancy was followed by a short spell in labour for Miss Stevens, who delivered her son using a birthing pool at the Trowbridge Birthing Centre.

Mr Argar said: “Alison was fine throughout almost the whole pregnancy, she didn’t have any swollen ankles and although there were a few early frights and scares it went really, really well.

“We weren’t intending to have a pool birth but the nurses got her relaxed and Harvey came along very quickly once she was in the pool.

“We’ve been inundated with people congratulating us and people wanting to come visit him.

“I’m ecstatic about being a dad for the first time, when I was younger I always thought I don’t want children but that view has certainly changed.”

Despite a normal pregnancy, the couple were unsure about using Trowbridge Birthing Centre but their fears were put to rest almost immediately.

“The staff at the birthing centre were just brilliant, we thought about going to Bath as we weren’t sure about Trowbridge but they were great and it couldn’t have gone any better,” said Mr Argar.

“We’ve been home for a few days and we’ve been getting up to feed him on a night but I’m not used to getting up three times in a night.

“I’ll give him a break though.”