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“This is a heartbreaking story. I’m so glad it had a happy ending.”
“It got worse before it got better. The happy ending was a long way off. Tina did everything to prepare her body. She exercised, ate right, reduced stress, she monitored her cycles, she was in great physical shape. We just couldn’t understand why after nine months she still had not conceived so it finally dawned on us that maybe it wasn’t Tina’s problem but Shawn’s. We’d never tested his sperm for viability and sure enough when we made an appointment to do the next insemination at the doctor’s office she tested the sperm and found it to be lackluster, no motility which explained why Tina didn’t conceive.”
“That must have been devastating for both of you.”
“It was. Our relationship was tenuous at best and there was little hope. We decided we would keep trying. This time Tina would make it her ‘full-time’ job to get pregnant because as much as she had reduced her stress the job was still very demanding and that could have also contributed to her inability to conceive. I don’t have to tell you that our decisions for her to quit her job, for me to sell the gallery and to go work for the CAC were the absolute worst decisions that we could have made. We both still desperately wanted this family. I guess we thought having a baby would save the relationship. Anyway, we continued the search among our male friends, then one day I had a fortuitous meeting with an artist friend that I hadn’t seen for years. On the spur of the moment I asked him if he would be willing to donate. Tina didn’t know him, but I decided I could make the decision for both of us. I knew exactly what we were looking for and he was perfect. I arranged for him to donate his sperm to a cryobank. He was in an artist group show and traveled several months out of the year. It was also a good idea because they ran test to make sure he was healthy and wasn’t going to transmit any communicable diseases but most importantly they tested the sperm for viability. He already had a son so I knew he could father a child.
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Great Post, thank you.
SG
Thank you SassyGran. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great job Peggy. Fortunately, Tina and Bette have had some this conversation a 18 months ago when they were reconciling. They talked about Tina’s role in keeping the two apart during the pregnancy. Tina admitted that she stayed with Helena because she felt loved, appreciated and gratified with the attention. She admitted that she was not ready to allow Bette to fully participate in the pregnancy but didn’t have an explanation as to why. Was she punishing Bette for all the problems she had getting pregnant? Tina did admit that she never really considered what her actions were doing to Bette. She only considered her feeling and desires at the moment, That was obvious when Bette was taken by complete surprise when Tina said she wanted to move back in with Bette just prior to the baby’s birth. Anyway, this is a good time for Tina to see Emma and rehash some of those things. Why did she keep pushing Bette away? There is something more to the reasons Bette and Tina separated to begin with. Perhaps Tina is still not aware of what that is, but she needs to bring them to the surface so they will not cause the same response. And what is she going to do to avoid the same reaction with this pregnancy and the attempts which are bound to happen? How is she going to keep from feeling like a failure when each month the test say there is no baby?
Bette and Tina are in a better place and they are communicating better. They have made some drastic changes in their lives just recently. New jobs for both which are entrepreneurial in nature and call for more hours and more stress to get off the ground. Now Bette has accepted the Director of the Peabody Foundation which is somewhat of an unknown as to the amount of hours and stress in that job. They are both older by eight years and have a precocious little girl who will need her parents as much as ever. Perhaps they need to see Emma before the insemination starts. Peggy is right. Tina has to pledge to be there for Bette and their family just as much as Bette does. But she must do more than pledge, she must be ready with the tools and skills to avoid the pitfalls of her history so there won’t be a repeat.
Great bit of writing. The story of the search for the donor was priceless. I agree with Bette. I was funny unless you’re the one trying to get pregnant. Nice way to use some of the canon of TLW. There were so many little incidents like those that some times we just forget. And with stories like this, we can enjoy the enhanced version.
Thank you for this chapter….
Hi Martha, as usual your observations are very insightful. Many of your thoughts will be addressed in the next chapter or two. Thanks for reading and reminding me that Bette and Tina did discuss some of this when they got back together.
Great writing BAT2012!!!!
Peggy is so right and i am glad that Bette takes her advice in consederation and acknowlegde it.
Bette and Tina spoke about that time, but it is important that Tina looks to herself and be open about her feelings, her fears and actions.
I think Martha made good points in her comment.
Thanks for this wonderful chapter!
Bibi28. Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the chapter. Tina will definitely be encouraged to do some more introspection. Really appreciate you taking the time to read and comment.