QUATRO

Bette and Tina had been together for 7 years now. They were living together for 5 years and trying for a baby but the doctor had told it was impossible for Bette to carry because she was infertile. They were disappointed and it was hard on Bette but they still didn’t give up. Tina would be carrying the baby then. They found a biracial donor. They had tried insemination multiple times but it didn’t work. Now they were trying IVF. They had already had three cycles and they were getting hopeless. If this last one didn’t work, they would adopt. Having no children was killing them. They wanted it so bad.

 Because Tina was 39 now, they had about 20% chance to conceive.

Today, there would be two embryo’s placed back. They hoped they would take this time. They just came back from the doctor where the embryo transfer had taken place. They sat down on the couch and looked at each other.

“Please, let this be okay…” Bette said. Tina smiled at Bette and kissed her lover. “Hopefully.” Tina said.

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Tina was ecstatic, she had missed her period. She was 6 days overdue and today they would do a pregnancy test. They were sitting in the living room, at 5AM, waiting for the ten minutes to be over so they could see if the IVF had worked. Bette was ticking with her fingers on the side of the couch and it was making Tina even more nervous.

“Can you please stop that fucking ticking?” Tina asked. Bette immediately stopped. “Sorry…” She muttered. Still two minutes. “I know you are nervous, but so am I.” Tina said. Bette smiled. “I know, baby.” She leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on Tina’s lips. After two minutes, they both jumped up and ran to the bathroom sink. They took out the five sticks and all of them showed a positive sign.

“Tee, look!” Bette said, smiling a wide smile. Tina looked and let out a yelp. “OH MY GOD!” She was practically jumping around when Bette grabbed her by the waist and kissed her passionately. “I love you,” She said between kisses. “I love you to.” Tina said, kissing her love back. Bette took Tina’s hand and dragged her to the bedroom…

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6 weeks later

Tina was lying on the examination table, the doctor was doing an ultrasound, and Bette was holding the blonde-haired women hand.

“Well, well, well,” Dr. Wilson began. “I have to tell you that all the eggs have taken and they both split in two.”

“What?” Both women exclaimed.

“It seems that, if everything goes right, you are having four kids but there are still some obstacles so it can be that they don’t survive.” The doctor informed them.

“Four kids…” Bette muttered under her breath. She would have been happy with one…

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 TBC???