Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting.

Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, and I make podcasts for the BBC.

I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book.

But when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts.

I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right mixture of sounds could take you into

a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to

give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole

new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories

that make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC Sounds.

Hi, Asia Fuchs here, with a bit of a bonus for you. If you love listening to amazing personal

stories, you should check out a podcast called Life-Changing. It's full of extraordinary people

who've experienced a moment

that's transformed everything. The series is presented by psychologist Dr. Sean Williams,

and you can find it wherever you get your BBC podcasts. In this episode, Sean's guest is Paul Mason.

He's a scientist and a romantic who met someone fell in love

and started a family. So far, so straightforward. But what happens next is surprising, compelling,

and inspiring. BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. Hello, today our story starts fairly traditionally with a couple who fall in love and who want to start a family, but who know it won't be easy.

And it isn't until that ordinary miracle happens.

Many parents say having a child is life-changing, but for Paul Mason,

the birth of his, transformed absolutely everything and not in the way you'd expect. He's here now.

Hello, Paul. Hello. How are you? I'm very well, thank you. Good. Nice to see you. This is a story of

childbirth, but before that, tell me a bit

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