#TW Fertility Issues

[trustmypoison]

SVT when you have fertility issues

Requested? Yes!

Request: ‘Could you do Seventeen with a partner who wants children but doesn't want to or can't get pregnant from typical means? Love your writing 💞’

TW/CW: pregnancy discussions, mentions of difficulty conceiving, mentions of miscarriages

A/N: I think the reactions might vary depending if you don’t want to or can’t have a child by typical means, so this reaction addresses if you can’t. I can write a separate reaction for the ‘don’t want to’ side as well one day. 

Would love to be a dad and doesn’t care much how it happens - Seungcheol, Hoshi, DK, Mingyu, Chan

I really get the feeling these guys would love to be dads one day (or now maybe!). Ultimately, even if you have fertility issues, I think the important thing to him is that you want to be a parent too and you guys align on that goal. He’s an active participant in your fertility journey to try to make it happen. Medications, freezing your eggs, IVF, surrogacy - it doesn’t make a difference to him. Whatever works best for you. And if none of those work, which happens for a lot of women, he’s not married to the idea that it has to be his biologically. Adoption is totally up for discussion. (I think it would be for all of them who want to be parents.)

Would love to be a dad, but would accept if you don’t want to pursue treatment options - Joshua, Jun, Woozi, Seungkwan

I think they’d really like to be dads if it works out and would completely back you up in any treatment decision. He’s just as active of a participant as the first group (they all are really), but he recognizes how defeated you get when something doesn’t work out. So he has long conversations with you after a letdown to let you know that this does not make or break anything for him. It’s okay if you decide to take a break from treatments or stop altogether. He’ll back you up on that too because it doesn’t make your lives together any less full. 

Would love to be a dad, but not at the expense of your health - Jeonghan, Wonwoo, Minghao, Vernon

Would he love to be a dad? I think so. But if it risks your health in any way, in his mind the negatives might outweigh the positives. There are a lot of negative side effects to fertility medications that wreak havoc on your body. IVF and similar treatments can make you feel sicker than actual pregnancy might. You feel so let down when a treatment doesn’t work, despite the sacrifice to your personal health that you make to do it. And the potential losses… It’s not worth the physical, mental, and emotional toll that it would take on you and at some point, he’ll encourage you to take care of yourself instead. 

[dreamyyesenia]

The Postcard Legacy - Time flies by (Nooboo Nr. 2 in the Making)

The first week of Fall was busy for the Flores Household. Daphne studied hard for her finals, Alejandro took care of the farm, whoever was free looked after Liam and helped him learning new skills. In between everything, they tried for Nooboo Nr. 2 but Daphne‘s fertility was at a low at this point- which came as no surprise. Still, the family was looking forward to enjoying the weekend at the Fall Festival grounds in Copperdale.

Daphne finished her third term with passable results. She was quite disappointed because she’d been an A+ student the first two terms but at this point, she simply didn’t know when to squeeze in another studying session. To be honest with herself, she was questioning whether getting a degree was what she really wanted. When she had applied for Britechester, she had been living in Brindleton Bay in a small Townhouse at the docks. Back then, she’d imagined becoming a scientist or a veterinarian, which had led to her application to Britechester University. But then, everything had changed with a letter announcing her the new owner of this farm. And she was glad for it! She loved the farm life and she loved the position in her current job. But at this moment, she didn’t have enough time to focus 100% on either of them and that made her feel like she didn’t do a good job at all. She was unsure how to proceed. 💭

[scaarletwiitch]

Snowed In

Agatha / Rio E rated TW: baby loss, fertility issues Summary: Agatha gets snowed in at her estranged wife/co-parent's house.

Agatha had paused before sending the text, but with a roll of her eyes she had done it anyway. Reading it back over only made the decision seem all the more reasonable and she tossed her phone onto the kitchen counter.

It immediately began to ring.

Agatha let out a frustrated growl before retrieving it. She cursed when she saw, as expected, her estranged wife’s caller ID.

“Hello,” she shook back her hair and adjusted her sweater.

“Agatha,” Rio’s even tone replied.

Agatha swallowed in the pause that Rio had created. “You got my text.”

“It’s barely snowing.”

“The Weather Channel is talking about a snowstorm of the decade,” Agatha reported with the same wonderstruck intonation as the newscaster.

“And if you leave now, you’ll have time to make the round trip.” Rio reasoned.

“And what if-”

“I know what you’re doing.” Rio’s even tone was gone and it caught Agatha off guard. “This is not what we agreed to.”

Agatha swallowed. There was nothing Rio could prove. There was a pending travel advisory and if that just so happened to mean Nicky had to stay another night or two with her, it wasn’t her fault now, was it? “I’m not doing any-”

“Yes. You. Are.”

Agatha inhaled deeply before answering.

“Fine. I’ll get him ready to go.”

“Thank you,” came Rio’s clipped response. “I’ll see you both soon.”

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[33max]

what do you mean by saying trying hard for a baby?

It is speculation as they have not spoken openly about it, nor would I ever expect them to, but it does seem like they may have struggled with fertility/potential loss. I’ll put the rest under a read more so people can avoid if they want to.

Max gave this interview back in the summer and we did think they were trying. He says things like “this is not something you can decide” so essentially, they can try but there isn’t any guarantee.

Kelly posted this message on the announcement.

Kelly also posted this on her Instagram stories earlier in the year (27/04/2024) and when we looked up the flower types, they were sympathy flowers so we did have suspicions (again: speculation obviously) there might have been something going on.

[weaverpop]

I’m just imagining that Erlang, Macaque, Wukong, and Syntax will end up having double the amount of kids that Jing and Azure have, with two thirds of those kids being Shadowpeach babies 🤣

Also between Shadowhound, Shadowpeach, and Monkietech, who’s the one getting pregnant?

Is it a “I carried this one you’ll carry the next one” kinda situation or is it one specific partner (in each relationship) that carries the babies?

Only because they have more partners! 🤣🤣🤣 Their Monkies! They can’t help it!

Ok, a bit more serious note. Tw for fertility issues mentioned, and mentions of past injuries and death.

Erlang and Syntax end up being the ones to carry. I see so many aus about Wukong or macaque being the ones to carry a baby, @quitealotofsodapop having some of the best and most explored. But in Lionsword… well, it’s a struggle.

They’ve gotten hurt a lot. Both as Immortal and as just… monkies. Wukong with the furnace, and mountain, and then the trauma of the circlet (twice), macaque with the FFM burning, both with the constant punches and fights that end up hurting their stomachs and torso area…

Wukong couldn’t carry at all. One of the biggest factors was the molten copper that Guanyin fed him. It didn’t kill him bc 7x immortal, but it wasn’t just a punishment like they thought it was. Turns out, that’s bad for your internal organs! In fact, Wukong struggles to conceive at all, even getting syntax preggo.

Macaques similar, but is still technically able to conceive via pregnancy. When he came back, lbd put him back together better then when he’d died, so that’s the one reason he’s even able to carry at all. Kinda bittersweet.

So while shadowpeach WOULD love to have a bunch of kids with eachother, it’s syntax and Erlang that get preggo most of the time.

OK THAT WAS ALOT OF ANGST BACK TO HAPPY FUN PREGGO-

Erlang and Syntax do take turns! Sometimes they even sync up to suffer together! One time they got pregnant alongside Jing again! To the outside perspective they were like damn rabbits!

It’s discussed more theoretically about cross babies between the poly, ie Wukong/Erlang or Syntax/Macaque. They are are unsure, since those pairs don’t really see eachother as “lovers.” Though surrogacy may be in play? They haven’t decided. (Probably not. Just tossing ideas)

[jen-with-a-pen]

pre-op appointment for laparoscopy is this afternoon. anxious but not afraid anymore. just hoping we can do it somewhat soon so I can stop feeling like wolverine is using my abdomen and pelvis as a goddamn punching bag (and not in the good way)

[menodoramoon]

talk to me about moon and shang's friendship! Also about Moon in general. Love that lady!

CW Mentions of Fertility Struggles and Motherhood Complications in "Moon Ramble" (2nd File)

[medicinelarrie]

Been at my parents for a few hours, already they are being judgemental as fuck. I'm super anxious about it, and I can't even doom scroll on social media without seeing pictures of the boys. I'm verging on a fucking panic attack because I'm gonna be here for 8 days and I hate it. I don't feel safe here, this is the house I was abused in, in my old room the bookcase that was pulled down on top of me still stands. I don't want to cry in front of my parents but I also have the added stress of starting my IVF meds tomorrow, I'm not sure I'm going to cope.

[theflagscene]

You have 6 siblings!?

Five, I’m part of the six kids that my parents have. They always wanted a huge family, would’ve probably had a lot more children but mom had serious fertility issues. And since she and dad started trying to have a family in the 1970’s, dealing with fertility issues wasn’t as common then as it is now.

I have one bio sibling, one adopted sibling and three foster siblings. Three are older, two are younger. Five are alive, one is deceased.

I spoke about my youngest sibling’s murder here in a reply back when Dead Friend Forever was airing.

[potionio]

Sometimes you need a bit of a nap to handle news.

[kronoose]

Info dumping about the residents of Luc's tower only one of which actually participates in the hunt regularly

Two of which had actual names I didn't write them down tho so they're still their nickname

Doc is getting his own post because he needs an bundle of extra tw and Milton is unimportant

Firstly we've got cooky friendly lesbian granny who can and will kick your ass for messing with her domain(the kitchen) she is a mom figure to Luc and the only one who can full name him they met shortly after he'd joined the Duke gang. She has a goth cottage core (look it up it's so pretty) girlfriend who's a florists she doesn't know cooky works for a serial killer but she does know the adults of the tower they car pool to the gay bar and kink club

Cooky was married to a gay man in her youth they couldn't conceive together due to fertility issues on both sides and very limited sex they split after he came out to her they're still friends in one au said husband is my teacher OC in that au they're besties like they're both incharge of a bunch of queer dumbass's and vent to eachother about their kids

She grows weed and makes adult treats on Fridays this has lead to many goofy lil bits in my fic she doesn't often join in the hunt but occasionally she will just to de stress

Next is Seth aroace sloth Boi they're non-binary

They wear lens less glasses like Connie in Steven universe

They killed their own father because he was a piece of shit this was very much hyped up by all the other named charecters.

They are the towers unofficial welcoming committee

They do not participate in the hunt they will participate in the pre and post hunt hype fest tho then he takes a nap

Seth can and will fall asleep in the most jump scare positions and places

Next the only OC I've never been able to pic crew

Ben the mom of the tower and everyones hype man. Ben is part bear and I believe he was once a bear in the 2sLGBTQ way but I couldn't find an answer conclusively enough if other people under the queer umbrella could use the term or if it was just gays so he's just the mama bear in the Physical sense

Ben is the second successful transformation Luc did they're child hood friends they briefly dated but realized they were just doing everything the same except with more kisses and we're like nah bro friends only

Ben is demibi ace

Ben is the only one I still use a face claim for

He was the one to bring Dani and Luc to the Duke gang

His dad 'vanished' the day after Ben came out to him it didn't go well Luc doesn't take well to his family being hurt his dad was doc's first live test for his skin

Ben is the only one who knows what happened to Luc's eye other than Dani

Next Jules the only named child in the tower

My brain was like what if the bigots got confronted with their child self as I was listening to Nightcore and I was like yes that anime person shall be them

Jules has a different name for each set of pronouns they use (he Julian/she Julia/they Jules)

They were born in the tower and home schooled there father was a werewolf mother was a shape Shifter

They were sent to normal school and promptly expelled for figthing and arson

The figthing was self defense the arson was for funsies

They can turn into child versions of people

They have not killed yet

Both of their parents fucking bounced so Jules was communally raised

Damian is Luc's demon who he summoned by accident the summoning was intentional he just got the wrong demon

Damian is kinda bassed off the black Butler demons

Damian is Demiace realizing both labels while listening to people gossip about their love lives and being like that's not me

[scaarletwiitch]

Chapter 5: Snowed In

Agatha/ Rio E rated (eventually) TW: baby loss, fertility issues, stillbirth (depicted in this chapter) Summary: Agatha gets snowed in at her estranged wife/co parent's house. In chapter 5 Rio tries to make amends for what is past, as Agatha's tow truck arrives.

Read from the start here.

9 months ago

Rio was there. Rio was stroking her face. Rio had cradled her head into her shoulder, shielding Agatha from the room their world was falling apart inside.

Every euphemism under the sun had been said and still Agatha wouldn’t believe them. Asleep. With god. Stillborn. Passed on.

Rio had been the only one who listened to her. Rio had barked at the medical team who all thought they knew what was best for the small family.

They let Rio dress Cassandra in the ‘going home outfit’ they had packed in Agatha’s hospital bag and then they took all the time they needed.

Dr Kale hovered, but Rio blocked Agatha’s view of her and practically hissed anytime she tried to speak. She knew what was best and she knew they needed time.

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[inevitablemoment]

“say something.”

Word Count: 695

Warnings: Stillbirth/miscarriage (at 24 week gestation), starvation, eating disorder not otherwise specified, toxic family, body image struggles, marital estrangement

Fandom: Bright Lights, Big City

Pairings: Jamie Conway x Vicky Allagash

It feels good to slip back into this fandom after almost a year. I love this movie so much, and it deserves more love. This is actually a snippet from a future fic of mine, Brighter Than The Stars, following Jamie and Vicky’s journey to parenthood. As evidenced here, it’s not an easy road, but they will get there.

I recommend listening to “The First Cut Is The Deepest” by Sheryl Crow while reading this.

Enjoy!

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At first, Vicky thought that it would be a relief to finally be home. Now, she just wished that she was back in that damn hospital.

She still looked pregnant. Anyone who passed her by on the streets probably would place her at four months... if she had left the house at all. Hell, she hadn’t even left her bedroom.

Her stomach kept cramping up, sending her back to that horrible early morning with more effect than any time machine could have.

But sometimes, it was replaced by the hollowness of hunger. The kind of hunger that one would have from not eating anything in days.

Whenever Jamie tried to bring her food, she would only eat a few pieces unless he prodded her to eat more.

Any time she tried to sleep, she would either be greeted by a more macabre sight than what she had woken up to, or dream that she had miraculously given birth to a full-term baby that was waiting for her in the room across from hers.

And even though she asked Jamie to make sure that everyone knew to just let them grieve alone, Vicky's sisters and Irene had come on a so-called "condolence call."

While Phillipa’s attempts at consoling her were the most human that Vicky had ever remembered her eldest sister being, Leslie kept asking questions that a woman of her age (not to mention married with children of her own) should have known better than to ask, as well as lobbing passive aggressive remarks towards Jamie.

And her mother... well, Irene was still Irene.

Distant. Uncaring. Truly did not give a shit.

Vicky lifted her head from her pillow when she heard the door opening, seeing Jamie walk in.

He looked just as exhausted as she did, she realized.

Guilt curdled up in her empty belly as she thought, And because of me.

She turned away in shame. Despite the fact that she couldn’t keep their daughter alive in her womb, he was still worried about her and taking care of her.

Jamie carefully approached the bed, taking the hand that bore her wedding rings into both of his hands.

“Hey, Dottie,” he whispered.

The warmth of his hands over hers and the tenderness in his voice threatened to make tears well up in her eyes.

“Please... say something...” Jamie begged quietly. “You haven’t said a word all day.”

Vicky dared to look up at him. She opened her mouth to speak, but her voice sounded a little raspy from both not being used and from crying.

“I’m... I’m fine,” she said.

Liar.

"How's your stomach feeling?" Jamie asked.

“Fine,” she repeated, cringing at how she sounded like a broken record.

And then, she cringed again when she saw that her husband didn’t believe her.

"Come on, Vicky, you have to eat something," Jamie begged. "I can hear your stomach growling from the next room."

Vicky could feel another hunger pang coming, but she ignored it.

"I just... I don't feel like eating anything," she mumbled, despite the very obvious rumblings of her belly. “Just... please... I don’t wanna be alone right now.”

“Neither do I,” he admitted.

As he climbed to bed next to her, she turned onto her other side, wincing at moving so suddenly. Jamie's hands wandered over her belly, beginning to massage at the skin that was still stretched out from twenty-four weeks of pregnancy.

Vicky tensed up.

She knew that he was just trying to relieve the empty, hollow ache that came with an empty belly, but she wondered if he was hoping that he would somehow feel a kick, like she often did over the last week.

She flinched away from his touch and wrapped her arms around her stomach as if to protect herself.

“I don’t... I don’t want to really be touched right now,” she told him.

She could feel him withdrawing his hands away.

“Okay,” he acquiesced. “I... I understand.”

He sounded... hurt.

And scared.

Instead of their usual spooning cuddle, they fell asleep on opposite sides of the bed that night... the both of them hoping that they wouldn’t let it turn into a habit.

[weaverpop]

It is after 1 in the morning, and I have not slept, but this question is eating me alive!

Is wukong infertile or sterile? There IS a difference!

You mentioned in a post that the internal damage caused by the force-fed molten metal is what caused the overall lack of fertility, this was BEFORE the reveal that wukong still does it to himself as a form of selfharm and getting himself put on suicide watch(am I mixing up AUs?)

But then we introduced the concept of that the other AUs are diverging timelines and their Wukongs managed to have children with little to no problem, including FoaPS!Wukong who obviously didn't come from the original punishments as unscathed as the other's but could still bear children. But im also assuming the others weren't chugging one of their biggest triggers willingly for centuries behind people's backs. Does this mean it's entirely his fault that attempts kept coming back without results? Oof! Hello again, self-loathing!

Does this mean there's a chance that now that he's being properly monitored, he could heal enough to at least sire a bio child? I'm not naive enough to think his womb completely survived, but also he's Sun Wukong the Monkey King. I don't know where the bar is for him as far as enhanced healing. I theorize that he could rip out those organs and have them regenerate properly like he did in the book, similar to rebreaking an incorrectly healed bone to reset it, but I don't think his partners would let him test that.

Both monkies can technically do both, same as mk. It’s just harder with macaque so he chooses not too. But Wukong is completely sterile when it comes to carrying.

Jing was the one who had to break the news to him since all the other nurses and doctors were to scared too. They had gotten the tests done to see if it was possible, but they all came back negative. For Jing, someone who’d already carried, it was just as much a tragedy since he and the monkies had gotten close.

Wukong is more of infertile then sterile for the producing part, so that’s why IVF is needed for syntax.

That’s why it definitely hurts so much that F!Wukong can have children, and has in fact had multiple over the years. OG!Wukong also would have no problems doing it, so to LS!Wukong it feels like it’s all his own fault that he can’t have kids. Even though it’s not! The damage done by the molten copper was already cemented long before his self harm days. It didn’t help, but it wasn’t the cause.

His partners def would y like the idea, and Jing had strongly recommended against it since it wouldn’t do anything anyway. Wukong cannot carry, and there is no possible way for him to heal enough to do so, since the damage had stated even before his immortal seeking days. It was only solidified when he became immortal and all the other things happend as well.

All of this is only made worse when LS!Syntax goes over in front of everyone, and they later find out it cost them the baby.

LS!Wukong is not having a great time.

Refs

[sweetasacoyote]

I found out the other day that my uterus is so small I'm basically infertile. Did my doctor tell me? No, I had to find out from my support group.

Good thing I don't want kids or a uterus ig

[bwaybaby]

I figured I would touch on this subject while I'm doing replies/drafts, but— Baby has fertility issues, just like her parents ( or rather, her mother ). She suffers from endometriosis and has been told by doctors that she would have trouble conceiving in the future which is why she considered her pregnancy with Caleb a Christmas Miracle until it ended with a loss. In most of my threads, at least in her main verse, I'm going to be writing her as going through her own fertility treatments with IVF. If you see her mention taking hormones, injections, having bruises, etc that is the reason why. Just figured I'd post this for those who are interested in why these things occasionally get mentioned in certain threads!