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M is for Mother #A-Z Challenge

4/15/2019

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Beanie, the main character in Blueberry Truth, want nothing more than to have a family and be a mother. But she and her husband Mac are having trouble conceiving.  The scene below is Beanie's account of their first meeting with an infertility specialist. 
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​The coffee table in Dr. Milletti’s waiting room is spread with books and pamphlets with titles shouting at you: “Get Pregnant Now!” and “You Can Do It Too!” I feel like I’m at a pregnancy pep rally. While I wait for Mac to get here, I entertain myself by making up cheers. “We’ve got ovulation! Go insemination!” I’m amusing myself enough to smirk, which is a lot better than concentrating on the slipknots being tied and untied in my stomach. Comfortable enough, the room has nice plushy chairs and a big window with a healthy spider plant, but I might as well be in a walk-in freezer. Smirking also works to keep my teeth from chattering.
I’m not sure what I expected, but I think I’d pictured Dr. Dowdy, some elderly gentleman who’ll take you by the hand and say things like “there, there, now.” Dr. call-me-John Milletti doesn’t look any older than Mac. He wears little gold posts in his ears. And he has a beard. A well-trimmed beard, true, but it makes him look like the psychologist at St. Luke’s, the crazy one who comes in once a month, observes the kids for two minutes, and comes up with a bullshit behavior modification plan we can’t possibly follow and wouldn’t work if we did. Prejudgment is unfair, I’ll grant you, but my first impression does little to make me comfortable in an already uncomfortable situation.
Dr. Milletti asks if we’ve finished the questionnaires, and Mac and I hand them in. “Like handing in homework.” I’m trying too hard to ease the tension.
“There will be quite a bit of homework,” says Dr. Milletti, and though he’s joking, it does nothing to help matters. Then he gets down to business. He goes over lists of causes, reviews the tests we’ll need to take, and outlines possible treatment. The words sperm, ovaries, and intercourse uttered any number of times. The words love, caring, and tenderness unspoken.

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4/15/2019 02:16:51 pm

Sometimes situations need humor to be bearable. I think you've captured that really well in this scene.

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Ute Carbone
4/16/2019 02:16:16 pm

Thanks so much for stopping by! I agree, humor can help tough situations.

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