I was at a company training today and get to know one of my new colleague Paul just had a new born boy and wife is still in confinement. He shared with me that he is deprived of sleep every night and haven't been able to get to work for nearly a month. He did not engage a confinement lady and his mother is helping out during the day time. When it comes to night, its him and his wife alone.
He is in his early 40s and is his first child. He complained that he gets tired easily, probably due to his age.
Some of the things he shared such as "Worried from day 1 of wife's pregnancy to the day of delivery", "Recalling how his parents took care of him while he is young", "having an addition makes the family complete" seems exactly what I have been feeling all along too. This shows a lot of Fathers probably been going through what I am going through and thinking too except that not many of them shared openly with their friends as compared to how woman share with their so called "Girlfriends".
I haven't share about my wife's pregnancy with most of my colleagues till today and he seems surprised that I know so much about pregnancy even before I have one. Actually back in my mind, I was thinking, "OMG! I have 2 coming and you are already so tired with 1." I really wonder if I can even come for the training today like he did, if I am at his shoe now.
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