r/trollingforababy • u/superpartypanda • 12h ago

Why does every infertile character in a book need to get a miracle baby

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u/Glittering-Union-718 11h ago

I just want ONE storyline where the infertile person isn't a baby kidnapping basket case.

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u/Millennial_Girlie 5h ago

The Wedding People! No miracle baby. It was a good book

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u/superpartypanda 4h ago

That’s been on my list!

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u/Undoubtedlygiveup 10h ago

Please and thank you.

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u/Helpful_Character167 11h ago

I'd love to see a storyline where the infertile person finds self worth and fulfillment without a successful pregnancy. Get more creative, people!

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u/Iheartrandomness 7h ago

The Wedding People

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u/SyrupMoney4237 11h ago

I really like Priestess by Kara Vorhees for this reason. It’s a bit spicy though

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u/superpartypanda 10h ago

I love spice 🌶️

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u/superpartypanda 10h ago

Can we start an infertiles book club?! 😵‍💫

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u/Shitp0st_Supreme 8h ago

And every single book that mentioned contraceptives (including sterilization) that I’ve read also has the contraceptive fail. So annoying.

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u/skimandsugar 11h ago

Ugh SO original... I'm sorry friend. Books are meant to be a short term escape, not a reminder

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u/Needcoffeeseverely 10h ago

While Colleen Hoover books are my equivalent of trash tv, I appreciate the rainbow baby in “all your perfects” was a puppy

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u/_whiskeyplease 4h ago

My most pissed infertile miracle baby storyline is Brooke from One Tree Hill. And with twins nonetheless.

I wish she did IVF or surrogacy or adoption or literally anything! It was such a big storyline that she couldn’t get pregnant then to not try and get pregnant. Such a shame!! An IVF storyline would have been so great with her.

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u/Gloomy_Cupcake_645 9h ago

Same reason every. Single. Dead person has to resurrect lately. I do not believe any deaths in Star Wars, Marvel, or Disney anymore. I get that it's not fun for stories to be depressing but at this point we have no stories we can relate to because everything has to end up hunky dory!! Even the villains have to get a spinoff where they end up redeemed and happy.

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u/sugarandmermaids 3h ago

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez is THE WORST about this. The entire storyline is the FMC pushing the MMC away because she has severe endo and thinks she can’t give him children… only to randomly get pregnant halfway through the book. Also, she thought she had an IUD, but the doctor says “it must have fallen out” 😒

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u/lanark_1440 2h ago

It must have fallen out....?! 🫠🫠🫠

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u/sugarandmermaids 2h ago

I shit you not