Our new place has a new front door! Yippee!

I'm getting excited as even little improvements seem to make this feel more real. We're actually going to do it! Granted, we've still got some big stuff to do before we could theoretically move in (oh, new flooring, new walls, new ceilings, new siding, new windows...) but I still feel like we're moving in the right direction. We've pretty much found the woodword we're going to use on the walls and we just need to go ahead and buy it and start staining it. We're going to a couple of the Habitat for Humanity Restores to get cheap windows and such. It's a lot of work...but it's going to be so worth it!

I've also just found out some fabulous things...first of all, there are no building codes out there. So we can build out of strawbale, cordwood...or milk bottles for all they care! This is great news. We want to add on and were thinking cordwood because we were afraid of strawbale and the code. But now that's not an issue. So likely we'll be doing a strawbale addition (once we're moved out there, of course).

The other good news is that rainwater cisterns are allowed as well! I thought that would entail another battle with the Health Dept but it will not.

Otherwise, doing pretty well. I can't believe I'm almost in my third trimester with this little girl! I'm really excited about another homebirth...REALLY excited!

Everything feels like it's coming together. Sure, we still have a long road ahead (including trying to sell the house we're in now...it won't be easy. Not a good housing market in our area) but at least we're traveling down it!

Just a quick post holiday update...

We had the second ultrasound, she's fine. Stomach is there lol. There's still some renal pelvic dilatation, but nothing to be overly concerned about.

I'm refusing insulin treatment that's being recommended by my backup CNM's backup OB (lots of backups). My homebirth mw's feel this is fine, and all my research points to the fact that insulin therapy in pregnancy really only reduces birthweight by an average of 87 grams. Big whoop. If that's all it does, I definitely don't need to be pumping myself and baby full of it. And my numbers are not that far off the "goal" numbers. As a matter of fact, my all time low fasting number of 97 was just this morning! Wooohoo! I've been anywhere from 105-118; I'm shooting for under 110, the OB wants me under 90. Diabetes is fastings over 125. When and if my numbers get to true diabetes numbers, I'll rethink the insulin.

I do have to see this OB in a couple weeks (he got called away to a delivery when I was supposed to meet with him last week) at which time I'll ceremoniously present him with my three pages of studies showing insulin is crap in a case like mine. Have I mentioned how much they must love me at this practice? I'm actually seeing the CNM there just as backup in case I have to transport, but then she wants me to talk with the OB at least once. So that's why I have to see him at all.

But, again, my homebirth mw's are fine with my numbers and what I'm doing to bring them down. They are *fantastic* midwives I must say! I always leave there feeling confident and secure in my decisions.

Holidays went well, dealt with a bout of strep throat, didn't kill anyone.

We're moving ahead with the house. It's moved and secure and the electricity is being hooked up next week. We're shopping around, trying to figure out how we're going to re-do the house and make it more liveable.

But otherwise, not a whole lot going on ;)