Confirmation

Today, Veterans’ Day, Steve and I went to the Kaiser Permanente Women’s Clinic to “register” the pregnancy.  (Our healthcare is with Kaiser’s HMO.)  Initially, I pee’d in a cup so that the clinic could confirm that I’m pregnant.  Surprise – I am.  The remainder of our hour in the clinic consisted of filling out loads of forms with questions about our medical and familial histories, my feelings about the pregnancy, and important questions such as “do you know who the baby’s father is?’, “have you told the baby’s father that you are pregnant?” and “is the baby’s father upset or angry about the pregnancy?”  Super mature Steve thought these questions were a riot and took pictures on his iPhone of the questionnaire to laugh at later.

As it turns out, I am in my fourth week of the pregnancy.  I set my first prenatal appointment for the ninth week and headed out the door to enjoy our three-day weekend.  Working for the government might not make us millionaires, but it’s great that we both get the random holidays off!