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 ;)