I could see Svetlana potentially being an egg donor. Maybe, as a huge favour to her bestie. Since there’s no way Ilya would want to pass on his genetic predispositions to depression, substance abuse and dementia. And if they were going to have a baby via surrogacy, he would want the bio father to be Shane.
But the only existing female character in HR I could see potentially volunteering as a surrogate would be Jackie Pike. And altruistic (I.e. unpaid) surrogacy is legal here in Canada. Svetlana would not fuck with nine months of pregnancy. Egg donation is a much smaller commitment.
As for Rose, she’s a fucking movie star. Moreover, she’s a movie star who gets paid a lot of money to be spray painted blue all over while wearing practically no clothes. There’s no way she’s going through nine months of pregnancy (during which she can’t work).
Followed by the hell of having to get her body back into pre-pregnancy shape so she can go back to making the Marvel movies she’s contracted for, and where every stretch mark would be noticeable in her spray-painted costume. All that wouldn’t be worth it to her unless she’s keeping the kid she’s squishing out. It just wouldn’t make economic sense for her to risk her livelihood, not even to make a close friend’s dream come true.
Besides, at least here in Canada, neither Svetlana nor Rose would even be a suitable candidate for altruistic surrogacy. Since you’re supposed to have a child of your own who lives with you. And a track record of at least one previous pregnancy with no major complications.
Jackie has four kids who live with her already, and she doesn’t have a job where her needing to take time off during and after pregnancy would risk her employment. Because in canon she’s a stay at home parent. She’s really the only candidate, if Shane and Ilya decide they want kids and want to go the surrogacy route. And because Shane and Ilya have babysat her kids many times, Jackie knows they’re good with kids. It’s not abstract for her.
And realistically, altruistic surrogacy might be their only option. With Ilya’s mental health issues and past as a child of an abusive home, it might be very tough for Hollanov to adopt. If a social worker has to choose between a potential adoptive family where one parent is on SSRIs, versus a potential adoptive family where neither parent has significant mental health challenges….
Well, you couldn’t really blame a social worker in that situation for choosing the less risky option. Especially if it’s an adoption from foster care and the child or children in question already have their own psychological baggage.
But anyway, there’s no way they could have kids until at least one of them has retired. During the season they’re both on the road half the time. You might be able to bring an infant on road trips (with a very well-paid nanny and an adjoining hotel room). But pretty soon that kid will be old enough that it needs structure and routine and preschool.
Honestly, it’s kind of iffy that they even have a dog, given Anya has to spend so much time at the dog hotel when they’re on the road. You can’t park a child at a dog hotel. Nor would there be much point.
Yeah, David and Yuna are young enough that they could help out. But if both parents are on the road half the time without the kid, they’ll spend very little time with their kid. What’s the point of having a kid prior to retirement if you hardly ever see the kid because you’re both jetting all over the country?
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