Second Baby

It turns out that I am 4 weeks pregnant, not six. This confusion is not due to my sleep deprivation. It turns out that breastfeeding can make cycles quite irregular and so, the pregnancy is now at an earlier stage than we thought. Breastfeeding while pregnant SOrry, what? The first doctor's appointment was last week, and I was surprised to find out that the pregnancy is still at about four weeks. It turns out that, because I am still breastfeeding, the cycles are irregular and it's hard to tell when the last one started. Oh well. We had an ultrasound, and you could already see the nest made for the baby and a flickering movement that eventually becomes a heart. It was moving.  There was also some discussion about the Gestational Diabetes, which I had the first time around. I am tempted to skill the Glucose Test and just assume that I have it. The test takes a whole morning, it's quite unhealthy, and the odds that I'll have it again are very high. So, why not just assume that I have it back, take care of my diet and measure the sugar levels? The doctor is not convinced, but I haven't given it up yet. In the meantime, I've been getting more and more tired and always a bit nauseous. It' a good reminder that I am, actually, pregnant. It is a slow process actually to realise it. Maybe because it happened so quickly - on the first month we "tried" - maybe because there's my baby to take care of. Either way, it seems like it's happening and...