As a man.
It's really weird tobe so profoundly involved with something that has nothing to do with you on a biological level
Head. Screw.
Screw in the head.
Being a new dad is like being a shit assistant manager.
AnythingI can do for you, love.
Yeah.
You can sod off.
But the most profound moment, gentlemen, will be when you return to the hospital to escort mother and baby home.
Your guts will turn inside out with a weird out of body, life altering experience as you realise you've finally arrived in adulthood.
Be ready for it, but keep it to yourself.
Do not walk onto a maternity ward to a woman that's just given birth and say:'Darling, I've got to tell you what's happened to me out there in the carpark, I had an existential crisis.
Where I realised what it means to be a man.' You will receive this reply.
Did you, Garry?!
Well, I've just been sewn up from my back door to mysunroof.
Do you want to piss off?
!Good luck people, happy breeding.
As a dad, it's hard to know exactly what your role is during your partner's pregnancy.
Is there anything you can do to help? Is there anything you definitely shouldn't say?
And all the while, you're going to be experiencing a huge barrage of emotions yourself.
Here's Russell's take on it…
