All systems go!

I had my "OB" (I actually see a Certified Nurse Midwife at my OB/GYN's office) yesterday. It went great. Kimberly, the CNM, spent 45 minutes with me and I was much more comfortable talking with her than I was the dermatologist last week. It's starting to feel right to me. She reviewed the do's and do not's of conceiving and pregnancy. There seems to be so much to think about and so many things that you can do wrong. I admitted to her that I REALLY wanted to get pregnant this summer and have a spring baby so I wanted to do everything right from the beginning. She told me to start taking prenatal vitamins and buy some ovulation predictor kits. The only thing she told me that I didn't expect was that it is best to have 3 months of being birth control pill free before you officially start trying. This is so that your body will have time to develop an ovulation cycle. This is especially true for someone like me that didn't really have regular cycles before starting birth control pills and that I have been on them for over 9 years. Well, we don't have 3 months. We will only have one extra month. Hopefully this doesn't hurt our chances but there is nothing we can do about it now.

So...I officially took my first prenatal vitamin last night!

Dom and I haven't gotten a chance to discuss my appointment much. He went out with his co-workers last night after work and he had to go to work early this morning. When I came home to change his clothes last night I did a quick overview and he just said, "I can't believe we are talking about this!" But followed it with, "But I am so excited about it!" I don't think I would be able to handle it if he changed his mind at this point. With nearly all of the decisions we have had to make, I have gotten worried that Dom will change his mind. He makes quick decisions, which is not my style. Because I can't relate to quick decisions, I always think he is going to change his mind. However, he doesn't do that too often. And he can't do it now...I am pretty much set on it!

One of the things we will need to discuss is the CNM issue. When I started going to her a few years ago for my annual exams, he made a comment that he would prefer that I go to the OB/GYN instead. As I was talking with Kimberly yesterday, we talked about her role in pregnancy and delivery. All I could think about was that Dom was never going to think that it is okay for me to go to a CNM. But it fits my style! She is much more medically based than most CNM since she is based in an OB/GYN office so that may make him feel better.