Dr. Storks Episode 5

Adoption

This episode had a checkup of baby Kokoro. Her mom is still working to gain independence and baby is doing well. This was a nice update to have mentioned. Sakura is asked to give a lecture at school about sex education. This episode involves a pair of 14 yr olds who did not realize pregnancy until she collapsed on basketball court to find out I months pregnant. The father;s family is wealthy and the father a politician. He especially wants this matter swept away and quiet. The girl is sweet but is in single parent family with mother and gma with long term illnesses. They are not prepare to take in a baby with their circumstances. We get to have a hard long look at Dr Konotori’s past in the orphanage. The poignant question from the little boy wanting to know if Sakura visited to take him home? The lovely rendition of twinkle twinkle little star to show his second mother what he had learned with piano. His sharing of his three mothers to young mom to be and how their immeasurable love mad him never unhappy even with harsh circumstances. Two middle schoolers trying to figure out how to make a place for their baby. This even has Dr Shinomaiya wondering how to find a place for his unconscious patient. I liked how his second mom ran outside to give him the send off she could not do the first time he left orphanage. This was another lovely moment between a mother and child. We watched a young girl do her best to keep baby string and healthy, to give birth and then give baby to adoptive parents. Their sweet thank you from behind the door as young mother is distraught and the young boy father also outside her door. They have 6 months to decide if baby will stay with couple or not. I have no idea how this will turn out. Hopefully the children willl move on and let baby stay with couple. There is no easy choice, and no wrong decision. It is people doing the best they can dealing with life in their own terms. One of the best parts of episode for me is when administrator told the dad to shut up and let the parents decide. This should have been done long ago, but he is a cowardly bully and only had his self interest at heart while claiming for his son.😝 Both young people got to see the daughter they created. She now understands it is not CG but lifelong responsibility. They must look past themselves to see what is best for her.

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