Hey Don,
One thing to keep in mind when it is time, though, is to stay with the baby.
You're naturally going to want to stay with your wife afterward, as they whisk the baby away to test and wash, etc. But she'll be drugged, and in good hands. If she knows that you are not letting the baby out of your sight, she will take comfort in that, and get some rest. Meanwhile, you get to be there with the baby for a bunch of "firsts."
You won't regret that in a million years. I haven't. I tell both of my girls about it all the time.
