F# computation expression when is Combine called

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I tried to implement this straight forward Maybe monad. So basically the whole expression evaluates to Nothing if one of the middle step is Nothing.

type Maybe<'a> =
    | Just of 'a
    | Nothing
type MaybeBuilder () =
    member this.Combine ((first, second) : Maybe<'a> * Maybe<'b>) : Maybe<'b> =
        printfn "Combine called"
        match first with
        | Nothing -> Nothing
        | _ ->
            match second with
            | Nothing -> Nothing
            | _ as a -> a
     member this.Zero () = Just ()
     member this.Bind((m, f) : Maybe<'a> * ('a -> Maybe<'b>)) =
        printfn "Bind called"
        match m with
        | Nothing -> Nothing
        | Just a -> f a
let MaybeMonad = MaybeBuilder()
let foobar =
    MaybeMonad {
        let! foo = Just "foo"
        Just 1
        Nothing
    }

I expected foobar be translated into Just "foo" >>= fun foo -> Combine(Just 1, Nothing), however Combine wasn't called.

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