Baby's First Sounds

At 23 weeks, I'm at that point in the pregnancy where the discomforts are gone, but the actual birth is too far away to actually get excited for. Combined with the fact that this era of my pregnancy is existing during the most boring month of the year (March sucks), I have been left to my own thoughts, which is quite dangerous right now. So today, I thought about my birth plan. My birth plan basically consists of "What does the doctor think is best?" and "Wipe that baby off before we have the whole bonding time". Feeling incredibly shallow, I figured, what the hell, let's delve into the music of the birth. I'm a freakishly musical person. When I say that, I don't want you to get an image of someone who can actually play an instrument, sing, read music, or name chords. No, I just am highly opinionated about music. So I started Googling other mothers to be's playlists for labor and delivery.

My goodness. How boring are people? I'm reading about playlists fraught with positive, uplifting....ug music. Like...Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" (Not a shot against Ms. Womack, who I believe is one of the geniuses of country music. I just consider this song a low point in her career). And...John Mayer's "Daughters" (I think my husband would leave the delivery room if John Mayer came on any musical device. I might too.). Yanni (We want the kid to never come out?). Carrie Underwood (I WILL walk out of the delivery).

It seems as though the masses have a completely different view of uplifting music than I do. So I'm wiping the board clean and coming up with a labor playlist, me style:

-Beach Boys: I've heard picturing your "happy place" is key to sanity in labor. So my happy place is Coronado Beach in July which is synonymous with "Good Vibrations" and "All Summer Long"
-Brooks and Dunn "Feels Good, Don't It"-Just to mock myself
-Bryan Adams-Confession: I love Bryan Adams' mid to late 90's music. I listened to it on repeat on a trip to Kentucky when I was 15 or so. Therefore, "18 Til I Die" is weirdly soothing to me because I always smell damp Bluegrass. Not sure if I will have the focus to daydream however. This is a wildcard
-Cross Canadian Ragweed-Um....I have a problem. I adore CCR and I have this obsession with my child instantly being bad ass and awesome, so I'm thinking the best way to jump on that fasttrack is to be born to the Back To Tulsa version of "Hammer Down". The live effect will be important. Cheers will help, I assume. Oh, and also the entire "Live At Billy Bob's" cd. The guitar riff in "Mexican Sky" is sure to make the contractions seem shorter and happier.
-Old school Dixie Chicks-Ya know, before they got political and they were just fun. "Wide Open Spaces" is sure to inspire the kid to exit quickly.
-The Eagles: Specifically "Take It Easy" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling". Now that's soothing music in my book.
-Gary Allan "Get Off On The Pain"- Hee hee, I'm soooo funny. But seriously, awesome song. Probably will be thrown on there just for my own entertainment.
-Jason Boland-"Up and Gone" specifically.
-Johnny Cash "Hurt"- Another hee hee moment.
-Merle Haggard-All of it. I have no reason other than every event should have Merle Haggard involved. I fully expect him to be part of the baptism playlist as well.
-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- Oh ya know, "Fishin' In The Dark", "Battle of New Orleans", "Shot Full of Love". Again, no reason beyond my own addiction to the greatest band evah.
-Randy Rogers Band "Somebody Take Me Home"-Inspiration.
-Reckless Kelly-Everything. If that fiddling and guitar work doesn't get the kid excited to exit into the world, it's not my kid.
-Shooter Jennings "4th of July" - Ok baby is due a little later than that, but still in July. Good enough excuse for me to listen to Shooter.
-Zac Brown Band's version of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"- One of the few songs that can inspire me to run. If it can do that, it can probably inspire other impossible feats as well.

So that's what I'm thinking. Apparently, the general mother population on the internet will assume I am ruining my child's life immediately at birth by not soothing it with Michael Buble and otherwise "soothing" music, but I'm good with it. This kid is going to be far from ordinary anyways, right?