In conversation: On being a new father again at 68

After exclusively revealing in Hello! Magazine that he and his partner of six years, former Lithuanian Olympic cyclist Modesta Vzesniauskaite, are expecting their first child together, John Caudwell sat down to answer more questions about the new baby, parenting and family values.

He was asked:

• Why did you and Modesta want a child together?
• Were you together when we first found out?
• How do you feel about having another child?
• When is the baby due?
• Have you chosen a name?
• How does being apart so much affect the pregnancy?
• How do you share pregnancy news when you and Modesta are apart?
• Where will the baby be born?
• How do your other children feel about a new sibling?
• Are you relaxed as an older father?
• Is it important to pass on your Stoke-on-Trent roots?
• How would your children describe you as a father?
• How would you describe Modesta as a mother?
• Do you find raising sons versus daughters very different?
• How do your children from different relationships get on together?
• What are you most looking forward to about having a newborn?