*** 1st tri check-in 2/9 ***

[lilyharper]

sewfie2, President Day Weekend sales. .

[SweetieShellie]

juneroses, yes, my betas were reaally high, so I thought there could be two. When I was 5 weeks, I did a beta at work, and it was over 14,000. They high normal for 5 weeks is just over 7,000. So it was double.

lilyharper, I don't think it has sunk in yet. Nor do I think it has sunk in for DH. He told ppl at work (we're both pretty open about all this @ work) and they all told him he seems way too calm to have just found out he's going to be a dad to twins. Maybe it's the cautious optimism. We're happy but not getting overly excited just yet. Or maybe we need to see them at the 12 week u/s moving around and stuff to make it feel real.

DH is convinced of one thing - he's sure they'll both be girl. Because his biggest fear is that a teenage boy just like him will be going after his teenage daughters. So as "punishment" for being a naughty teen-aged boy, he's going to have alll girls lol.

[vballbaby]

Feb 13, 2015 8:58:25 GMT -5 sewfie2 said:

lilyharper, I can't wait for it to be warm enough to wear just dresses! I'm almost too bloated for my favorite work pants, and definitely to bloated for my jeans. I'm getting really tired of trying to figure out how to layer when it's 30 (f) in the morning. I'm from freaking Florida- I never had to learn!

I can relate to this! Being a Florida girl, whenever we go up to NJ to visit his family, I'm always the one shivering in the corner bundled up to the max! I have a hard time in cold weather.

[nomnom]

sewfie2 MH's son already doesn't have a key since he never locked the doors on his way out. I almost bitched him out via text, but called my mom and bitched to her instead. Not sure if that was better because then she starts on a rant and ascribes everything to malice rather than neglect and selfishness. MH has been great about food. I get dibs on everything :-D.

lilyharper Much less volatile. This is the first time he's taken *my* food in a week or two. Somehow he always seems to prefer treats I buy for myself. DH is thinking of telling him I'm KU in a week and a half or so and telling him to stay away from the food because there are only so many things I can convince myself to eat. Empanadas were really tasty, especially with queso picante!

vballbaby His drug use (and its consequences) are his responsibility now. I hope DH keeps to that. I want to lock the doors during the day, but DH doesn't want to lock him out yet. I'm trying to respect DH's wishes on this with the hope that it is a short term thing.

Btw, I agree with everyone that dresses and really loose clothes are the way to go. A while ago I stole some of DH's smaller sweat pants and now the band is feeling a little to snug on those even. I'm mostly wearing stuff that does not have a distinct waistband, like the fold-over maxi skirts.

[vballbaby]

Feb 13, 2015 11:29:32 GMT -5 nomnom said:

vballbaby His drug use (and its consequences) are his responsibility now. I hope DH keeps to that. I want to lock the doors during the day, but DH doesn't want to lock him out yet. I'm trying to respect DH's wishes on this with the hope that it is a short term thing.

Btw, I agree with everyone that dresses and really loose clothes are the way to go. A while ago I stole some of DH's smaller sweat pants and now the band is feeling a little to snug on those even. I'm mostly wearing stuff that does not have a distinct waistband, like the fold-over maxi skirts.

Why not keep the doors locked and let him ring the doorbell like a guest would? That would annoy me if he just let himself in, from a privacy standpoint.  My DH is a freak for keeping doors locked, he's from NJ so I think that's why. If it were up to me I would probably leave the back door unlocked during the day and not even worry about it.

[sewfie2]

Well, I had to go and look at the temperature in my hometown. It's sunnier and 16 degrees (f) warmer there (and already warmer than our expected high today)! At least it'll be sunny here tomorrow. Also, it's never as humid here in the summer, so that's a win.

nomnom, you're being a much kinder person than I would be if my parents finally got my brother out. Especially giving him so much financial help.

Edited to correct the tag (thanks for the heads up, lilyharper)

[nomnom]

vballbaby We usually turn on the alarm system if no one is home. Not that MH's son actually turns it back on when he leaves... *headdesk, headdesk*

[lilyharper]

sewfie2, I think you meant nomnom.

[nomnom]

sewfie2 All for love of the husband. We've had enough problems the last few years. I don't want to create more friction than necessary between me and DH.

[Winnifred]

Congrats to everyone who had great ultrasound results this week! SweetieShellie - huge congrats on twins!!

((hugs))shytimes, glad you had a good beta number!

AFM, our u/s was this morning. I thought I was 6 weeks exactly but dr. said I'm 5 weeks 6 days, oh well. She had a bit of trouble finding our bashful baby this morning, but eventually did find and measure it at 2mm. She was happy with the results, and didn't seem concerned that she couldn't see the heartbeat. I have a retroverted uterus, so I'm wondering if this may have made the u/s more difficult to see.

We are keeping positive based on her feedback, and looking forward to our u/s next Friday morning