First trip out

Swe-cha and I went out to see my doctor today. It was my first time to bring Swe-Cha out all by myself and I was anxious about this trip all week long. My friend had suggested that we do a dry run days before my actual appointment but we didn't get a chance to do that since the temperature was so cold in the the days leading to today.

He was sleeping when we went out and slept all the way to the doctor's office. When we got in, he started to wake up but I kept him in his infant carrier / car seat and rocked it back and forth on the floor. That soothed him and made him go back to sleep. Thankfully, this doctor keeps his patient bookings very efficient - I never had to wait more than 5 minutes each time I see him - which is why I was confident about bringing the baby with me.

He woke up hungry while the doctor was wrapping up with me, I brought him back to the car as soon as I can and fed him there. It wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be as he is not used to being in the car seat, I was pleasantly surprised that he had no complaints at all.

He fed and before long, we were on our way home. I was even able to drive by McDonalds and get myself a breakfast sandwich. I can definitely see ourselves going out with Swe-cha more often and on longer trips if such trips were as uneventful and smooth *knock on wood* as this one.

As for my doctor's appointment, it went extremely well. I officially do not have diabetes. Again, I do not have diabetes. Yay! Hubby and I have been praying for good results and were quite nervous about this because I took the 2 hr Glucose Tolerance Test at 4 weeks after giving birth instead of the 12 weeks that I was told to do*. It wasn't until after I had already set the appointments for the test and the doctor that I thought about researching the ideal time frame for getting tested again after a pregnancy with gestational diabetes.

Searches on the web told me that one's hormones does not stabilize until around 6 weeks after giving birth. I started worrying after reading that because that meant that it was very likely that I would get unfavorable results because I was tested too early. Anyway, things went well. I just have to exercise and keep my weight down to remain healthy - weight loss has not been a problem lately anyway as I have been steadily losing weight since giving birth.

Happy.

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* I had to take the test and the doctor's appointment earlier due to health insurance issues.