The Baby: My Experience During My Son’s Birth

Ricky shares the chaotic, exhausting, and unexpectedly funny story of his son Richie’s birth.

Music by the Purple Planet

Timestamps:00:36 - Ricky introduces his story of becoming a father

00:59 - The church barbecue and the dirty soda bar

01:51 - Four cups of caffeinated soda change the night

02:28 - Staying awake until 2 a.m. reading a book

03:46 - Brooke’s water breaks and the rush to the hospital

04:43 - The unexpectedly long wait in triage

05:32 - Labor begins slowly after the hospital admits Brooke

06:50 - Hospital meals for Brooke, but not for Ricky

07:28 - The expensive hospital cheeseburger

08:30 - Surviving labor with almost no sleep