Tea Leaves and Opal Necklaces

Reproduce, Tips, and Friends

Match Five: Reproduce, Tips, and Friends:

-Ju-

So, yes. Yao and I decided to try for a baby.

Our nights have been busy and I stopped taking my birth control. Yao kept to his mouth that he would support my decision.

"Are you sure you want a child?" he asked a few nights ago. I looked at him from my desk.

"Yes," I said. "And yes, I have thought about this."

"I understand," Yao said. Since then, we have been trying. Now, I like sex. I have liked sex since I was a teenager. My Western friends are the reason for my sex positivity. But when you throw in babies, sex kind of becomes off-putting. I figured the best way to go about this is to have fun with it. I started off with cute underwear. Yao enjoyed my little fashion shows. I decided to go with pink with a strawberry print. My husband sat up, smiling.

"You like?" I asked, turning around.

"It's... rather... provocative," Yao said, clearing his throat. I gave him a little pout.

"Oh come on, honey," I said. "You've seen all of my lingerie." I crawled over onto the bed. My face came within inches of his.

"You. Don't. Have. To. Be. Shy," I said. To me, it sounded fake. Was I trying too hard? Nah, I thought I was doing fine. Yao grabbed onto my ass and pulled me beside him.

"I'm not shy," he said. "Just intrigued." He kissed me on the lips. I threw my arms around his neck. Every night, we try to keep it interesting and not think about babies. That was my only rule for doing this.

"It's going to turn me off," I said. "We both have to be in the right mood for this to work." My husband tries to appease me with this plan. Sometimes, I let him suggest sexy things to do.

"If you would like to tie me down to the bed again, I would enjoy that," I offered one night. It took all of his self-control not to grab me, push me down onto the table, and do me right then and there. He does seem to be making this as enjoyable as possible. The main key to remember is being patient. I had learned to deal with it through distracting myself. Behind my senior year of college, business work with the clan, and my uncle and Junjie, I have found many chances to try and not think about if I'm pregnant or not. The only thing I have to focus on is getting help and trying for that first born with my husband.

However, we are taking this reproduction process really seriously too. During the day, Yao goes out and buys parenting books. The clan has taken to giving me tips to help. This week alone, the parents kept giving Yao and I different foods and advice for a healthy baby.

Let me give you a run through of everyone through the week.

On Monday, Bik came by to see me. I had just gotten up when the doorbell rang through the house. I hadn't even opened my eyes yet.

"Wha?" I asked. "Babe, who is that?" Yao was still sound asleep beside me. The doorbell ripped through the air again.

"Coming!" I shouted. I threw on and robe and hurried down the stairs. When I opened the door, Bik stood in front of me, grinning.

"Good morning!" she said in the type of perky voice that would make you want to punch something for waking you up this early in the morning.

"Huh?" I asked. Bik leaned in closer to my face. I about fell stumbling backwards.

"Gah!" I shouted. She smiled and tried not to laugh.

"How are you this morning?" she asked. I rubbed the back of my head.