The user shares an emotional account of their first day as a parent. Their child was diagnosed with polyhydramnios, a condition involving excess amniotic fluid, thus a cesarian section was scheduled. The next few days passed without incident until Monday, when their child was born. The transition from a couple to parents invoked an array of emotions and self-realizations in them, from feeling larger than life, taking influence from song lyrics to reflect their feelings, to anxieties about their child’s future, summing up the overwhelming yet joyous experience.