[lproven]

I enjoyed this.

I became a father after 51 years of avoiding it and avoiding children.

It has changed my life and enriched it in ways I could not have imagined before.

I monitored myself and my internal state as closely as I am able from learning that my partner was pregant until a few months after the birth. I could not detect the slightest difference in my mind, but I have gone from strongly disliking children to being a loving dad who enjoys being around kids. I am really enjoying it.

It feels like a whole section of my biological programming has been unlocked and while I couldn't feel it happening, I am now a different person, and a happier one too.

It has been the most life-altering experience I've ever had, and I've nearly died, I've had skeletal surgery while awake, and more.