Well, it’s officical, Courtney and I will be parents. And this time I’m not talking about yet-another-dog. We’re gonna have a kid. Courtney had her first appointment this morning. I tagged along because I wanted to get some of my questions answered too (like — how does one go about procuring the appropriate type of carseat). We’ve known for about a month but chose to wait until she was 10 weeks along to go in.

Our first surprise was when Courtney first scheduled the appointment. She called the local clinic and was told that she would see a midwife instead of a doctor. All we kept picturing were the painful water-births on A Baby Story. They assured us that if we really wanted to, we could see a doctor, but most people choose to stay with a midwife after meeting them.

We spent about an hour meeting with a midwife, Lois. She went over our family history and did a great job at making us feel comfortable. The first question out of our mouths during the Q&A portion of the visit (just prior to the exam portion of the visit) was “What about epidurals?” Lois calmed our fears and promised no crazy natural water births if that’s not what we wanted.

As I was leaving (Court had to stay for the exam and there was no need for me to “help” out with that) we mentioned to Lois that twins sort of run in Courtney’s family. They occur every other generation…and Courtney’s family is due for a set. Lois told us that they can check for twins around 16 weeks or if they feel the woman is larger than average for her progression. I left and headed to work.

Court called me inbetween exams. “Did you hear the heart beat?!” she exclaimed. She had left me a message on my cell while I was in a meeting. Our baby’s first heart beat was at the end of the message. “What? No, I listened to the beginning of the message but then deleted it.” Curses, I’m already missing out on child…grumble.

Courtney also called to tell me she’s going in for an ultrasound tomorrow. She told me that they think she’s a little “big” for 10 weeks.

Drew and Michelle are pregnant too. Michelle is due in the June timeframe. Over dinner one evening Drew laughed and told me that he had to do at least ONE thing first in our lives since he’s the younger brother. I declared that while we are not able to have the first kid, we’d top him by having two. The proclamation might just turn out to be true.