“If you weren't the one giving birth — tell the day from your chair.”

Why this question

What you could see and couldn't do. The hours of being needed and useless at once. The exact moment your job began.

Where it leads

This telling is rarer than the other one, and your child will want both. Don't leave your chair empty.

If you’re parenting solo

If you did this alone, tell it from the only chair that was there — yours. That telling is the whole story, and it is enough.

If your child came by adoption or surrogacy

For an arrival day: tell it from whichever side of the room you stood — the one signing, the one waiting, the one reaching out first.