I had handed the nurse the printed items I wanted during labor and delivery.

None of them took place.

When you have an emergency C-Section, you don't get to have the dimmed lights in the room, the umbilical cord donation you requested, or the song you wanted to be played.

That song was To the Brink by I Am Kloot, which I love to this day.

Does this mean you should never plan for anything? Of course, not.

For the longest time, I thought I was so naïve to make the birth plan. But that was not the whole truth.

Life is about planning to the best of your ability at that moment.

When my daughter asks now what was happening when she was born, I joke:

"I don't know. I was sleeping."