Photojournalist Xu Kangping became a new dad on Nov 13, 2014. In the past 10 months, he has been shooting his wife’s bittersweet experiences with pregnancy with his mobile phone. The lens records how a typical Chinese middle-class couple prepares for a new baby as well as the love the family members, including Xiaomi the Samoyed, show to each other.

Fifth day in the 8th week after pregnancy. The mother-to-be has a blood sample taken in hospital for a progesterone test, which measures the amount of the hormone in the patient.[Photo/CFP]