I love how he writes about his experience of the birth of his first daughter. Perhaps it is also because it was quite similar to my own experiences.

I knew what water breaking was. But I didn’t know what it meant. Is the baby coming out now?

Again, there was a major expectations-reality gap. I had pictured the day of my first child’s birth being impossibly frenetic and emotional and intense. But there we were, eating animal crackers and gummies from the treats-you-can-eat-while-in-labor bag, hanging out and chatting like any other day.

It felt so strange going into the hospital, but not come out of it in the morning as a father.

⤑ 10 Thoughts From the Fourth Trimester — Wait But Why.

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