Surrogacy Storyline on Corrie - Will Katy Do It?

I felt bad for Izzy who got pregnant by accident. She never thought she'd be able to get pregnant let alone carry a baby, not with her medical condition and had resolved herself to the fact. Then it happend. She was scared and excited and when Gary was excited, too, she was over the moon. Then tragedy.

Gary is now hell-bent on having a child. Once the idea got in his head there was no shifting it and Gary can be very single-minded. Enter Katy, Izzy's 17 year old sister who's already had one baby and come through with flying colours. She's offered to be a surrogate and carry a baby for Izzy. Gary is thrilled, Izzy was a bit less so. Hopeful but nervous but has come around to the idea. Katy is excited and wants to do this for her sister but Chesney isn't so sure he's keen.

And Daddy Owen is losing his mind. He forbids it, he thinks they're in "cloud cuckoo land", he's stomping and yelling and threatening and nothing he does or says is changing anyone's mind though he did get Chesney on board and slyly had him won over for awhile. Chesney is now supporting Katy but down deep, I'm sure he's still against the whole thing.

Owen, of course, can't really do anything about it because Katy, once she turns 18, is a legal adult and it's out of his hands. He has had a hard time accepting that his daughters are grown and independent. He tends to be a bully. He's manipulative. He is used to having things his way and he can't anymore.

But on this one? I can see where he's coming from.

He's raised one daughter with a disability. He worries about her, naturally. Motherhood is not easy, whether you carry the baby or not but loads of disabled people are very good parents. His other daughter is barely out of childhood and even if she's got a baby of her own, she's still immature, if kind and generous. As a middle aged grownup, you can see this. To Owen, it's a hair brained scheme and Owen, with his impatience, control issues and bullying tactics, is going to be wading into this like an elephant in a china shop.

He's entitled to his opinion and he's entitled to air it. But he's going about it all the wrong way but for the right reasons. He worries. Have I said this before? He loves his girls even if it doesn't really show it in a way they can understand all the time.

I already know where this is heading but I can't spoil it for you. There are more twists to be had. I don't know the ultimate outcome. I don't know if Izzy and Gary will have a baby of their own to raise, by whatever means they can. I do know that there are too many babies on the Street already so I *suspect* it might not come to pass in the long run but time will tell.

What do you think? Do you understand Owen's point of view? Do you think surrogacy is the answer? Will it be successful?

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