Doctor's Appointment

I had another regularly scheduled doctor's appointment today. Everything looked good and it was short and sweet...although that meant almost two hours of driving for a 5 minutes appointment. Found out that I've done a pretty good job with my weight. I've only gained about 10 lbs. And it was this time last pregnancy that I started to retain water really bad, shot up 17lbs in a month and started to look like a walking water balloon. So far, no major weight gain and no swelling. I'm happily still wearing my wedding ring. WOOHOO. I'm not even going to try and say I'll get through the whole pregnancy with it on. I'd hate to disappoint myself like that. I'm just happy I can still wear it.

Andrew was surprisingly good. I try to schedule my appointments so that Clayton can go and help corral the kid. No such luck this time around. But I told Andrew if he was good he'd get a surprise afterward. I was actually stunned when he sat in the chair in the exam room pretty much the whole time and didn't get into too much. Doctors' offices are just so much fun to play around in. And whose crazy idea is it to not have a kids' play area in an OB/GYN office? There are so many of us that end up having to take our kids with us that it would only make sense to give them something to do than destroy everything. My doc just moved to a new office a year or so ago and it's pretty posh. The waiting room looks more like a spa than a doctor's office. Nothing like making mom's blood pressure go up having to keep kids from knocking over lamps or knocking pictures off the wall.

I'm not really looking forward to the next appointment...The dreaded blood glucose test. Seriously, how do they cram 50 grams of glucose (sugar) into a 10 oz. drink? My levels all came back fine last time so I'm not too worried this time around either.