My experience (2 years old): - Each baby is unique so whatever others said might not make sense to your case - Sleep: Yes good sleep is a thing of the past, y

My experience (2 years old): - Each baby is unique so whatever others said might not make sense to your case - Sleep: Yes good sleep is a thing of the past, you would be lucky if you can grab a full 6 hours. The problem is that even when babies can sleep tight for 10 hours, they start their sleep too early so the best you can get is around 6 hours of full sleep. The first year is the worst so eventually you will get accustomed to it. - Time: Well it depends. If you are the primary caretaker (basically means you sleep with baby) then yes, you will have very little time to yourself. My wife sleeps with baby so she has very little time and I don't think it's going to change in the near future. Basically, my recommendation is to mentally accept that you are going to have ZERO HOUR for hobbies and such for the first few years, and then you will feel a lot better when you actually do have a couple every day. Lowering the expectation is the key to a happier life. Also, sometimes you do have time, but you have NO energy. - Depression: It's a real thing. I'm sure I'm depressed because I'm way more easy to get irritated after than before. Not sure if it's going to be your case though, again every family is unique. - Efficiency: As others said, you will become more efficient, because you have to. A lot of things have to give way and the best way is to do them efficiently. - Health: It's probably too late now, but I'd advise you to exercise as much as you can before the due date. Losing sleep + everything else create a lot of issues with my health. I was never allergic to anything but this year I was suddenly hit with a half-year long allergic session. Some days feel so bad that I have to take a sick day. My back is also suffering from holding the baby for too long. Basically, expect that you are going to suffer some weird illness in the first few years if you do not have excellent health. - Relationship: If you are the husband, expect your wife to be further away from you from now on for an indefinite period of time, maybe until the kid leaves for college. I think it's just hormone. The moment my wife gave birth to the baby, I realized that she changed significantly. She now has a new purpose that is going to override everything including her own life. So expect relationship to slowly go away (and I have a hunch that it has a lot to do with men's mid-life crisis). - Overall I'd say it's not a good experience for me. Yeah for sure the baby is cute, but cuteness does not override everything I lost. Hell no. And there is going to be more trouble (or learning experience as others say).