My thoughts on parenting and politics after 6 weeks of fatherhood.

Isaac Saul and his wife gave birth to their first child a little over six weeks ago .

Saul: Having a child has already begun to impact some of his politics.

He says he's had intrusive thoughts about the pregnancy that led him to question the doctor's judgment.

Saul says he hopes to share a bit of his thoughts with readers on Tangle this week .

The baby's heart is larger than it should be, the doctor says.

The doctor delivers the news in a brisk way that does not communicate that this might be a problem but that it is usually a problem.

Phoebe starts crying and the doctor tries to keep talking calmly through it, and I try to swallow my fear.

The baby's tiny little heart is projected onto the big screen.

"His heart is structurally sound, doing what it should be," a doctor says.

"It could be nothing, just an abnormal-sized heart,” she says in a way that doesn’t inspire confidence. “Or it could be something that needs to be fixed”.