Some call it parinoia, others instincts

So Thursday we had our first meeting with our midwives. Their "office" is in one of the gal's beautifully decorated craftsman style home. There are two of them and their assistant midwife and they all work as a team - and will all be in my living room come the Big Night. (I dont know why but I always assume it will happen at night)

They were really great. They sat us down and proceeded to let me ask 3,183 questions. 

I made it quite clear from the get-go that I was a type A and had already spent several hours investigating what exactly was in my toothpaste. 

I asked about my diet

my exercise routine (noting the precise heat rate I was allowed to obtain)

what floor cleaner I should use

my risk of a miscarriage

how hot my shower could be

- I can t even remember them all, I would have to look at my list.

But the last question was the one I had to work up to:

"So I'm leaning towards a water birth"

"Great"

"So the baby comes out in the water"

there like "Yes"

"ok, well here it is, ok, so,"

eyes stay focused on me

"When the baby comes out-"

"mmhmm"

"will the water....get up inside me?"

"A little bit"

"???and this is ok?? we're all ok with this???"

"mmhmm"

"ok"

So in the end after all of that they let me know that, in spite of all my questions, that I was normal. They said that my desire to protect my unborn baby from Pine-Sol was just my maternal instincts kicking into gear. They also let me know that far less obsessive (they use "detailed" or some other nice word, but lets be honest, shall we) people in far less perfect conditions birth healthy babies too. 

Then after going over the fact that they indeed had room in there practice for me, and that I didnt really care either way because I have been planning on using them for literally (I found them last February) the last year anyways, we became partners. 

Side Bar- they found it great that our baby was very planned and VERY wanted and that we were some of the few they see who can say that. They also found it quite amusing the fact that I've been trying to get pregnant for the last year but my damn birth-control kept getting in the way...more on that later...

So were are planned to see them again in four weeks at which point we will be able to hear the lil tike's heart beat - which has already been going strong for a little over a week now!

I, in the mean time, will keep getting up 12x a night to pee and eating ever 3hours so that this lil heart will have everything it needs. 

Oh how early the self-sacrificing starts!

~n