Midwives and being "found out"

Just a quick update on my day today (it was quite eventful!).  This is a pregnancy post, and I think for the next little while a lot of my posts will be.  If you don't feel like reading the blog for a while, just skip on over.  

I had my first midwives visit today.  While they had assured me that my OB would not mind "shared care," it appeared he did mind it when I brought it up.  Still, he said it was my choice so I decided to go for the initial visit.  I am glad I did.  They give you much more time to ask questions and take care of you.  And, the best part is the post-partum care.  For the first 10 days they check up on you every other day (or every day, if needed), and then once a week for the first 6 weeks.  They offer lots of support for breastfeeding, and told me that with twins I will need that support.  Anyways, the visit was mostly just gathering information, but the midwife did offer to check the heartbeat.  She said she probably would only look for one, but I readily agreed.  It took her quite a while to find it because the baby was really low and behind one of my blood vessels, but eventually we heard it!  It was beating nice and strong at 160-170bpm.  She didn't try to find the second one, but just hearing that one was enough for me.  It made my day!

So at work today (I'm a counsellor if you didn't know), I had a client come in and state, "Well, I can't keep it in any longer.  I have to ask it.... are you pregnant?"  I knew I couldn't lie to her and make her feel terrible, so I told her the truth.  It just caught me right off guard!  She claimed she knew almost 5 weeks ago, which is ridiculous.  I couldn't blame her though, because I seriously am showing like crazy right now.  In the past few days it really just happened and it is soooo hard to hide.  I am so glad I am heading off on a vacation so I can hide away until I have an unmistakable bump!  I haven't told my co-workers though, and I'm in a dilemma what to do now.  I'm sure they must suspect it, but I don't know how to tell them.  I don't see all of them in one day, and I don't know who to tell first, or what.  I am thinking of maybe leaving them a note when I'm gone for the next staff meeting that I will miss.  Or just breaking the news to some of them before I leave tomorrow?  We'll see.

Anyways, today I definitely feel pregnant!  It feels real too.  Oh, and I had my first real twin dream last night!  I dreamed it was the day they were born, and we had them at home all swaddled up.  They were sooooo perfect and cute!  The only thing was, they just kept sleeping and sleeping.  They wouldn't wake up to eat, or cry, or poop.  I kept checking on them to make sure they were alive, and they were... they were just enjoying their sound sleeping time.  All of a sudden this pregnancy feels very real!