I was very surprised to read about postpartum depression for Dads on this Web site, and I using the piece as an opportunity to talk about my own response – as a normally depressive man – to the birth of my daughters, 3 decades or more ago. (I’m also about to become a grandfather for the first time, and I’m interested to see if there are any parallels.)
1968, that’s when my first daughter was born. I was not sure, beforehand, that I actually wanted to be a father. Well, I didn’t mind...
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