Once upon a time there was a mommy who had a little boy. She wanted the best for him but times were tight, so she took a roommate to help keep things comfortable for the little family. The roommate and the mommy became friends and when the mommy decided she'd like to have another baby, the roommate was there to support her. The mommy tried and tried but wasn't able to have another baby. Soon the roommate decided she'd also like to have a baby, and so the two sought out all the possible perfect princes in the land to provide the magic seeds that would help the two women friends become pregnant. But what they found was a prince who was quite like a fabulous and willing queen, and so he inseminated the ladies and the spell was enough to ensure that they both had babies of their own. Gloriously, as the women's bellies grew, so did their love for one another. And now, the two mommies, two babies, one big brother and drag queen daddy live as one big family, happily and hopefully, forever after.
Now this is the kind of fairy tale I'm talking about. This lesbian couple from the UK "felt broody," "fell pregnant" (don't you just love real English?) and then fell in love after being inseminated by a drag queen friend. After going through quite a bit to actually get pregnant and find a doctor who would give the then-single lesbian women care without judgment, Steph, 23, and Jo, 40, shared a friendship that evolved into a desire to create a family together. And while daddy wears sequins and by mutual agreement is only in the picture part-time, the mamas consider themselves and their children very lucky.
Says Jo, "There can be no doubt about how much they were wanted. We can say
to them, hand on heart...they were
planned, and they are surrounded by more love than they will ever
need."
And when asked how they will explain how their family came to be, she goes on, "I think we'll make it sound like a fairytale, because really, it is."
