Saskia

Like, oh, yeah, I'm still mourning a loss instead of looking at what I can gain here.

After a lot of conversations, Marisa was in, and Saskia was excited to carry her baby.

Of course, it was a big decision.

It would mean carrying another man's child.

And it would change her body significantly.

So Saskia brought it to Mike.

I discussed it with him.

He said that he was on board and that he thought it was a really loving, special thing to do.

I also talked with the kids about it, you know, told them we were trying to have a baby for Marisa.

The baby might be in my tummy.

And we had this whole kangaroo book that we read to them.

And I don't know that they totally understood.

But once everybody was kind of on board, we started the process.

I think it made her happy to be able to do it.

And everybody was so amazed by what she was doing.

So, you know, you're getting a ton of positive feedback and you're pregnant and everybody loves pregnant people.

I think it was a good, happy phase for her.

Still, pregnancy isn't all smiles.

And Mike was there every step of the way, making things as comfortable as possible for Saskia.

Having a baby at 36 as opposed to 29 was different.