It's official, I am pregnant with a single embryo. The ultrasound was taken this weekend and it confirms a pregnancy, the doctor said that it is the dark spot surrounded by the white rim. I guess it is the dark spot on the left and there will just be the one child, I think that it is the best this time around to be blessed with only the one.
Now begins the long wait, there will be another ultrasound in ten days to check the heart beat. I checked an IVF due date calendar and it asked for the date that the egg was retrieved and it gave me a due date of November 29th. So this child will be a Thanksgiving child, and what better time for me, this is my favorite time of the year. And now I will have my favorite holiday's plus one, thanksgiving and all my friends and family over for dinner, then the birthday of my child and to top it all off, Christmas and New years. This will be the happiest two months of the year for sure, I can't wait.
I have to share just how I heard that it was official, where I was and how I felt. It was a typical Saturday night in Hong Kong, I met up with my friends Michael and Giorgio for a tasty organic chicken at Peak Cafe in Soho. After-wards we headed our way down to Pacific coffee for an espresso for Giorgio and an espresso machiato for Michael and me. Then we decided to head over to a birthday party where we met other friends and the hunt began, well at least a bit of a scan. There was the same crowd as always, however this did not keep us from looking for possible mates, dates etc. There were the drunks, the partiers, the visitors, the coupled, the usual. For me the one's I liked always lived somewhere else and where in town for just an evening or two, I chose to stay close to Giorgio and Michael and just do what we do, talk about the show unfolding in front of our eyes.
We then decided to head over to a local bar down the street, we entered and were hit with a waft of smoke. I have to tell you, I have never been happier since I quit smoking but it does make me a bit of a vigilantes when it comes to having to smell others exhaled smoke. With the threat of having our clothing suck up the odor of a hundred burning cigarettes, we enter and there they are. The partiers, the coupled the visitors the desperate and the drunks, so again much of the same crowd from the other party. We get our drinks, Giorgio has switched over to water and Michael and I are still on Cosmo's, we are from NYC after all. I know, what a cliche.
The conversation is the same, we meet someone and it goes like this, where you from? How long are you here? do you like Asia? What do you do? How long are you here? There never here for long, they have a love hate relationship with Asia and they are usually a designer of toys, underwear, handbags, accessories etc. Checking in on the factories to make sure their designs are being manufactured correctly. I digress, so I stood and listened and sipped my Cosmo, chatted with the boys on how there are some new faces, but more or less the same crowd.
I then felt a vibration in my pocket, retrieved my phone, opened my mail and saw the ultrasound. I had a feeling of joy come over me and excitement I hadn't felt all night, I had to get out of there. It all started to come clear to me after I got that email, there will always be nights like this. But, I will have a child to go home to, or better yet keep me home. I will of course look forward to my usual weekends with the guys, but not feel so disheartened with my options so to speak. I will still hope to meet someone that will be a part of our lives, I just don't think I will ever find them in a smokey bar on a Saturday night.
So I wait, and soon will come Thanksgiving, and a lot of giving thanks for everything that I have to be thankful for, like my friends and my family plus one. The most anticipated addition to my family, a child, a healthy and happy child. Thank you.
Your first baby picture - this is way cool! I am really excited for you - Hey maybe you will hit the boy's birthday - Dec 2nd. Ha!
Posted by: Chesney | April 06, 2009 at 08:16 PM