I don’t know if Raphael Kaufman’s post was supposed to be a joke, but I had a real experience that really made an impact on me.
I once had an appointment with my OB/GYN and she was late as she just came from a delivery in the hospital. As she entered the room I jokingly asked her “so, was it a boy or girl?” She paused for a moment and said she didn’t remember! I was surprised as she just delivered the baby less then an hour previously. She said to me “You don’t understand. In all my years delivering thousands of babies I have seen so much in the delivery room, that when things go smoothly and the baby and mother are fine, I have such a sense of relief and appreciation to Hashem that I can barely focus on anything else!” She meant it, too.
May we all be zoche to only healthy mothers and babies, both boys and girls!