My son and his wife have been trying to get pregnant for a few years and have had absolutely no success. They've done tests on her and tests on him and in the end, they said that his sperm count was a bit low. They did some more procedures to try and increase the odds of conceiving a baby, unfortunately, nothing worked.
I was back in the doctor's office again awaiting my turn in the room to provide my sperm. I guess the first attempt didn't take. The whole thing makes me uncomfortable, but you do things for your kids that you might not ordinarily do.
The last time I was here, I was here to further increase the odds. Genetically, my son gets just about everything from me. He has my looks, my build, my eye color, just about everything. I don't know how all this stuff technically works but I'm guessing they put my ... output, with his ... output, and put that inside her and hoped for the best? That's certainly not my area of expertise.
Unfortunately, whatever the procedure, it didn't work. I could tell. Our daughter-in-law, Suzy was drinking vodka tonics only a few weeks later. She was visibly upset but wouldn't discuss it.
The expense of these treatments is not trivial. Actually, it's damn expensive and the kids are running out of money for this stuff. I can pay for it but to their credit, they don't want the financial help, they just want the... sperm donor help, I guess. Timing is critical and my lovely daughter in law is "ready," so my son is in one room, a shapely nurse took me to my room, and I guess she is in another room awaiting our ... combined output again. Like I said, not my area of expertise. Kate and I had some issues but just did what was natural and eventually babies popped out.
I thought back to when Kate and I were making babies. I thought it might be better than looking at porn on my phone.
MAKING BABIES:
Kate told me that when she was a teenager, she could be difficult and hard to manage. She didn't want to have a child like herself. Her whole childhood was a difficult time and her mother and father struggled to manage her. They took to using a leather strap to control her behavior, right up almost until I met her. If I'd known it back then, I'd have committed murder and I'm pretty sure I'd be incarcerated now.
When we talked about marriage, we both agreed that we didn't want kids! No. None. Nada. Instead, we were going to have two incomes, no kids, no kids' college expenses, and retire at 50 or even 45! I was excited for a future of working my ass off for 25 years and then travelling the world.
Then her nephew was born, and that little guy was so cute. She was instantly smitten as she watched her sister cuddle the little guy and then he'd coo back to her.
We left her sister's house and got in the car.
"We gotta talk," she said.
"About what?" I asked as I started the car and pulled away from the curb.
"That baby is soooo cute, isn't he?" she asked.
"Pretty soon that baby will be a drool monster and you know how you hate drool!" I responded.
"But he is so little and so cuuuuute!" she responded.
I nodded and like most guys, tried to move on from this conversation. Hoping that it would go away. It didn't.
A month or so later, the topic came back up. She'd rightfully figured out and decided that her childhood struggles were not all her fault. Some of the psychology courses we'd worked on together made her think more broadly and look more deeply into cause and effect in relationships. In this case, perhaps the struggles she had with her parents was due more to her parents' behavior than her behavior. Maybe she could be a good mother. Maybe she could do a better job than her parents did.
About the same time, she started having stomach pains and went to the doctor. After a thorough examination, blood tests, scans, and the rest, the doctor ordered her to abstain from sex or "penial penetration" for at least three weeks.
We went from having sex every day and twice on Saturdays and Sundays, to nothing. I could barely look at her. If I did, I'd get hard.
"Don't make me look at your cock!" she scolded one day. "I can see the bulge so, whatever it is you're thinking, stop thinking it! I can't fuck right now!"
She marched off to the bedroom and I followed her in there and folded her into my arms. She punched me gently, just as mad at the situation as I was.
"Well baby, maybe we can do something, y'know?" I asked pleadingly. "Just relieve the pressure?"
"I'm sure you're relieving the pressure in the shower every morning!" she shot back.
"True, but maybe I can relieve YOUR pressure," I responded and ignored the jab.
She sat on the edge of the bed and looked up at me and spoke in a different tone, "I'm afraid of a couple of things," she started. "I'm afraid that once we get going, we won't be able to stop. I'm going to want you inside me. It'll just make it worse. I'll want it more."
Sitting next to her, I hugged her fully and held her in my arms.
"My other fear and probably my biggest fear is that ... I'm not sure if I'll be able to get pregnant. They think I might have a cyst on my ovary ... and I DO want a baby and most importantly, I want to make YOUR baby. I just love you so much. You would make a great dad. So much better than my dad!"
It was a weak moment for me, and I said, "When we get through these medical issues, let's try to have a baby."
Looking up at me with those gorgeous green eyes, "Really? You'll change your mind?"
"I already have," I gulped. "Now about our current abstinence. Are you telling me you've never masturbated?" I asked.
"No. Well? A couple of times but my mother caught me, and my dad took a strap to my backside. He said that I was sinning against the almighty. I'm a pretty screwed up person, y'know." She said sadly followed by a silly giggle.
"I don't think you're screwed up. I just think you need some ... ummm, adjusting?" I offered.
"How so?" she asked.
"I mean, playing with yourself is, well, it is natural. It feels good. Why not do it? And maybe that is what we do so we won't be tempted to, you know, fuck like bunnies!"
She laughed at my mention of bunnies and then was in deep thought for a few minutes.
"Look at us," she chuckled. "We abstain for what, a week, and we're a mess! If you promise to lay on that side of the bed, and over there away from me, I'll lay here, and we'll see what we can do."