John Brennan

I'm like, all right, I guess Christmas is the time I'm going to introduce her to the whole family. So bring her to my family Christmas with probably 30 family members that have never heard of her, never had any knowledge of her existence. My family's super Christian and just this isn't like the traditional way of doing things. So it was difficult for sure.

I didn't know that.

I didn't know that.

What did you get at a grandma's show?

What did you get at a grandma's show?

So I was actually really excited about the part where you get to get behind the wheel of the car and drive 100 miles an hour with your girl in labor. That part sounded like a lot of fun, but never got to do that.

So I was actually really excited about the part where you get to get behind the wheel of the car and drive 100 miles an hour with your girl in labor. That part sounded like a lot of fun, but never got to do that.

I had the little scissors and cut the umbilical cord and the whole thing.

I had the little scissors and cut the umbilical cord and the whole thing.

I'm alone with 10 doctors in a room with a screaming baby.

I'm alone with 10 doctors in a room with a screaming baby.

I've probably held a baby one time in my entire life up until that point, so I don't even really know what I'm doing. One of the doctors picked up the baby and just kind of handed it to me, and they're instructing me on, all right, here's where the head goes. It's just us two.

I've probably held a baby one time in my entire life up until that point, so I don't even really know what I'm doing. One of the doctors picked up the baby and just kind of handed it to me, and they're instructing me on, all right, here's where the head goes. It's just us two.

I had my whole entire family, I'm talking grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, my sister, everybody's there. So everyone comes in, we're passing the baby around and everything. And a couple hours go by and eventually they're like, all right, she's out of surgery.

I had my whole entire family, I'm talking grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, my sister, everybody's there. So everyone comes in, we're passing the baby around and everything. And a couple hours go by and eventually they're like, all right, she's out of surgery.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That was kind of where things started getting a little bit difficult. More difficult. She wants him. I want him. It's an important day.

That was kind of where things started getting a little bit difficult. More difficult. She wants him. I want him. It's an important day.

On the phone, she outlines very clearly to me that we're not going to be able to figure this out together, that she's not going to allow me to see him under any circumstances.