For those of you who are not also on my facebook friends list (or who don't check regularly if you are), here's a little update:

Before Christmas I was having a bunch of contractions pretty much every time I stood up, so my midwife put me on bedrest.  I had an ultrasound that showed I had too much fluid, which was probably what was causing the contractions.  They did some bloodwork and had me monitor my blood sugar levels for a week, and decided that I have gestational diabetes (my sugar level only gets messed up at night, though.  During the day, it's completely normal.)  So, I was put on insulin at night to see if that will control it.  It's been moderately successful.  My midwife said yesterday that it seems like my fluid level has gone down, but she couldn't say for sure.  I have another ultrasound/doctor appointment tomorrow to see for sure what's happening.  Yesterday I did a whole bunch of cleaning and such, and had very few contractions, so I'm hopeful that things are getting back to normal.  If we can get my sugar level controlled, and fluid level down, I can still have a home birth, but at this point, unless it all straightens out VERY quickly, I'll have to go to the hospital.  My midwife is also thinking that this baby will come early, because of all of the contractions, and because I'm already starting to dilate.  She's also hoping he will come early because if I haven't had him by 39 weeks, the doctor will want to induce due to the gestational diabetes.  Both of the other two were born at 42 weeks...

I'm doing a lot better dealing with all of this than I thought I would.  I'm at the point where, if I have to have a hospital birth, I'm okay with that.  I'd still much rather have another home birth, but I've come to accept that, with the risks this time, that might not be possible.  I've also accepted the fact that I have gestational diabetes, and have to take insulin- that was actually harder for me to come to terms with than the likelihood of a hospital birth, ironically enough.  

I'm much more mentally prepared for this baby than I was with the other two, even though I didn't start getting all of the baby things out until two day when I realized, "hey, this kid could be born in two weeks, and I still don't even have his bed out of the garage."  I've decided to go the lazy/easy route this time- for the first few months, or until I decide otherwise, he's going to sleep in my bed or in the co-sleeper, so I don't have to worry about switching Colin and Brennan into new beds on top of everything else that's happening, even though I think they'd probably do pretty well with the change.  I got my tiny diapers out (newborn-size cloth and some leftover disposables), and put them with Brennan's diapers in the dresser.  The baby's clothes I'm probably just going to keep in the little Rubbermaid bucket they're currently in, because with the way my babies grow, chances are he'll outgrow the first few sizes too quickly to make it worth my while to get them all put in the dresser anyway.  Not to mention I don't have another dresser at the moment... I still need to find the swing and bouncy seat in the garage, but those aren't as necessary just yet, even if they are nice.  Knowing me, I probably won't be using them the first few weeks, anyway, and I'd rather not spend all the time between now and then trying to keep older children out of them.  I'll have my mom and sister help dig them out when they get here

Pregnancy update or hour-long ramble?  You didn't have to read it all!