- ♪♪ MTV ♪♪
- ♪♪ Let's move ♪♪
- What's, like, the latest update with Ryan?
- Bentley is actually getting to know--
- His dad?
- --him, not someone who's intoxicated on something.
- Yeah.
- How long you been sober now?
- Five months.
I go to meetings.
I got a sponsor.
I do everything they tell me to do.
- Amazing.
- Oh, my gosh.
Don't bring it up right now.
- I'm not gonna be naive to you guys, um,
having little crushes in school.
Middle school is an awkward stage, you know?
Your bodies are changing.
You guys are three years away from the age
I was when I had you guys.
- IVF pregnancy rates are around 65% to 70%.
We would leave the tubes alone.
We wouldn't have to do any types of surgeries.
- I think-- - IVF.
- --IVF is the best option. - OK.
- Yeah.
- So now our only stress is my blood sugars.
- We got to get that on point.
- But she didn't say I couldn't start IVF.
She said I would have to get it down
before they impregnated me.
- I just don't want my kids to look at me
and be like, you kept me from my grandma.
Nova's the oldest, so I don't want it to affect her.
- Checking in with her, she's very wise.
She's smart.
- Tyler, you and I have been talking
about your feelings of giving up
your first child for adoption.
- I'm really, really sorry.
[crying]
- Sorry for what?
- We didn't get to parent her.
- My mom went to a rehab center.
You have to make a promise to me and the kids
that you are gonna stay there for as long as you need.
At the end of the day, for me, I still see her as the most
important person in my life.
- Oh, 'cause she is.
But just because she is an important person
don't mean she's a good person to me or, like, she did good.
You know? - Yeah.
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Girls.
I have some big and funny news.
If anyone is available, hop on the Zoom,
because I'm logging on right now.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Hey, guys.
- Hi, guys. - Hey.
- How are y'all?
- Thanks for jumping on.
Oh, guys, Leah just texted me.
She's trying to join.
She's just having some technical difficulty.
- Mackenzie, How's Khes doing?
- Khes is good.
We just decided that we are going to be doing IVF.
So Khesanio doesn't have any kids,
and we didn't know if he had good sperm.
So he had to go give a sperm sample.
- We have the magazines right there to make this process
as smooth as possible.
- Oh.
- How was it?
- One of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.
- The sperm concentration, yours came back at 41 million.
An average or normal sample is above 15 million, 1-5.
So you're more than above average.
[laughs]
- Wow.
- He's got good sperm.
- Swim, swim, swim.
[laughter]
- So, Maci, how are things with you?
I see that Ryan has a new girlfriend.
- What does Bentley think about her?
- Her and Bentley get along really well.
And even, like, when Ryan's at work
and Bentley has a game or something,
like, she will come to the game, like, by herself.
- Wow.
- I like that.
- Don't say that.
- Damn. - OK.
We got it. - Damn.
- We got it.
Zach, come get him!
He's cussing!
[laughter]
- Get him!
- ♪♪ My people my crew ♪♪
♪♪ My D1s and my boos ♪♪
♪♪ We ride or die through day and night ♪♪
- And go!
- Go!
[laughter]
- [giggles]
- I drew a picture.
- Oh, wow.
Let me see.
Is that us on a swing? - Yeah.
- In a tree? - Yeah.
- I totally see it.
- [giggles]
- That is so cool.
"I love you so much, and I'm so happy that I
"have you as my father.
When the daddy and the daughter"--
- "When the daddy and daughter dance happens"--
- I know.
It's tomorrow!
Are you so pumped?
That's so sweet.
All right.
- And then you guys are gonna go out to dinner, right?
- Yeah, right before.
- You have to show her how a real man treats a lady.
- Daddy-daughter dance. - Daddy-daughter dance.
Are you pumped? - Yes.
- I'm excited.
I can't wait.
We get dressed up, feel good, go out to, like,
a really nice restaurant.
- It's just very special.
And sometimes it's only a one life experience,
so you got to love it. - Yeah.
- ♪♪ Hey now listen love ♪♪
♪♪ Run down, hear me out ♪♪
- Oh, my god.
My first daddy-daughter dance.
- I think next year you'll have--
- Veda too?
- --Veda and Nova.
- Yeah, that'll be fun, actually.
- I think things like this, it's also important
because it shows daughters how they're
supposed to be treated by guys, even if it is her dad.
- And it's just, like, nice that like, you know,
these things--
first off, they're not gonna last forever.
- No. - You know?
They're gonna grow up and they're not gonna ever gonna
want to do anything like that. So--
- Yeah. Have fun with your kids.
- Yeah.
Nova's the first daughter that I'm actually raising.
And so it's super important for me
to make her feel special.
I just wonder, like, does Brandon and Carly,
do they go-- do they go on those dances?
- Right? - Like, you know what I mean?
Like, I wonder.
- I feel like they're a popular thing to do,
so I would think so.
I don't know.
- I mean, like I said, I didn't get to do it with Carly and I--
it's my first daddy-daughter dance--
- Well, you get to do it with these three ones.
- --and I get to do it with them.
And, I don't know.
It just makes you appreciate stuff a lot more.
- I think that's, like, good core memories,
some good quality time.
- Yeah.
You got to, like, really just not take it for granted
and really treasure it.
You know what I mean?
- ♪♪ Ocean tide that I'm pulling into ♪♪
♪♪ You can try to hide but it's coming for you ♪♪
♪♪ Only think you know ♪♪
- What you doing?
- Studying.
- Are you?
So how are your classes going?
- Good.
- How about your friends?
How is your friend circle?
- Good.
- Do your friends have boyfriends?
- Yeah, well, some of 'em.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- And what about you?
- Yeah, I got me a little boyfriend myself.
- OK.
A little boyfriend.
It's typical teenage stuff.
But, you know, the--
of course you know the rules.
Open communication-- I want to be able to listen to you
and not be talking at you.
I would-- I would like to see your path in life
look a lot different than mine was.
If you have any questions with your dating and social life,
definitely let me know. - Mm-hmm.
- ♪♪ Here in the moment ♪♪
♪♪ Chasing the stars into the night ♪♪
♪♪ I wanna see what I can find ♪♪
[line trilling]
- Hello? - Hello.
- Hey. - Hey.
What's up?
- One of the reasons I was calling
is because, did you know that Aaliyah is dating a boy?
I don't know how to feel about it.
Is this a normal age?
- Yeah.
I mean, I think, you know, if they want to go on a date,
then, yeah, we should--
I think we should be open to that, you know?
- Oh, no.
[laughs] I don't know what to think.
I can't believe we're here.
Um--
- Yeah, I mean, probably time to start
talking about birth control and, you know,
stuff like that. - Well, and I think the way
to go into that-- it has nothing
to do with the boyfriend.
At the age of 13, they're actually supposed
to go and see a gynecologist.
But I was like, I thought that was a little too soon.
So I was like, all right, you know, maybe now
that they're 14.
OK, maybe a gynecologist will open those conversations
and talk to them about all of this stuff, as well.
- All we can do is--
is provide a very open door of communication.
- I think, overall, we're doing the best we can as long as we
stay on the same page. - All right.
- All right, bye.
- ♪♪ Light flash, photograph ♪♪
♪♪ Looking like I found a way ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
♪♪ Done that, there and back ♪♪
♪♪ Looking like I found a way ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- What are you working on?
- Just cleaning up the website.
I put some stuff on sale.
[cell phone ringing]
- Hello? - Hey.
Hey, how are you? - Good.
How are you? - I'm good.
So I was talking to Amanda this week,
and we're gonna go have lunch tomorrow
and wondered if you wanted to join.
- Yeah, definitely.
That sounds cool. - OK, awesome.
- Yeah.
Just let me know where. I'll be there.
- OK. - All right.
Thank you. - See you then.
- Bye.
- Bye-bye.
- That'd be interesting.
- It will be.
I haven't really got to, like, spend like,
a significant amount of time with her
without, like, a bunch of people
around or, like, at a sporting event
where so much is going on.
You know? - Mm-hmm.
- It'd be cool.
- Did you know Amanda before her and Ryan got together?
- No, but kind of, yes.
She was in my class.
She was in the "16 and Pregnant" episode.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Oh, my god.
What is that?
[gasps]
- Bentley.
- That's funny.
- Isn't that crazy?
- Well, Ryan's come a long way in the last year.
He seems like he's doing good.
Fingers crossed.
And, you know, the little bit I've
been around him and Amanda, they seem to be doing good.
So--
- Yeah.
How do you feel about, like, our kids being around people
that haven't had the easiest road
or made the best decisions?
[upbeat guitar music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I mean, it's fine.
I'm always gonna to put my kids first.
But, like, I'd rather get to know somebody first.
- Definitely.
But I also feel like it's important as parents to, like,
let people show up--
- Yeah.
- --and show who they are--
- Mm-hmm.
- --before just saying, like, oh, you've made
this mistake or this mistake.
I don't want anything to do with you.
Like, I don't want my kids to be like that
or treat people that way.
- Yeah.
[rock music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- What are you doing?
How has your day been?
- Good.
- So I'm having lunch with Maci and your mom tomorrow.
- Are you nervous?
- I'm always nervous.
I want a friendship with Maci just because, for one, having
the father of your kids new girlfriend,
you want to know who they are.
And you want your kid to be comfortable around 'em,
trust 'em.
I just want them to have that security with me, so--
- I think it'll be OK.
- It is important that they like me
because I just want them to be comfortable around me.
I want 'em to know the things they've heard or read
is not me.
It's just very important to me.
Family is very important to me and that their kids
are OK around me.
I just want-- everything to be OK.
[rock music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Hey, guys.
So my mom has been at the treatment
center for about three weeks now for substance use.
And it's really hard, 'cause I'm only able to talk
to her once a week.
But every time that I do talk to her,
she just sounds more and more better.
All the feedback has been really positive.
So I'm glad that she's taking this treatment center seriously
and she's getting the help that she needs.
[cell phone rings]
I think she's calling.
Hi, Mom.
- How are you, baby? You OK?
- Yeah, I'm good. How are you?
- I'm doing good. I have to tell you something.
You're not gonna believe it.
Today, I ended the detox.
- Wow. Are you--
- Are you excited?
- I was shocked, 'cause I thought I had,
like, two more weeks to go.
- Yeah?
- But when they said that I don't have it no more,
I was like, wait. What does that mean?
She goes, you're already detoxed.
- Do you feel better?
- I'm just exhausted because I haven't slept all week.
It's OK.
I'll fall asleep eventually.
- Well, are you proud of yourself?
- Yeah, I really am.
- You sound great.
You sound happy.
You sound alive.
- Yeah, I'm optimistic, that's for sure, Briana.
The fact that I stopped drinking methadone
is blowing me the [bleep] away.
It actually made me sad to think that I stood
in that [bleep] for pain, and they
never advised me to get off.
- Yeah.
But look at you.
- I know. I love you.
I got to go. OK?
- OK. - I love you.
- I love you.
I love you, baby. Bye.
- Bye. - Bye.
[gentle music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[line trilling]
- Hello?
- Hey, I spoke to Mom.
- How was that?
- It was-- it was great.
She sounds absolutely amazing.
- How do you feel about talking to her, then?
- It was fine.
It was a good conversation.
I don't think there's ever been a bad conversation
since she's been out there.
I'm also gonna reach out to her therapist,
'cause I think that's much, much, much needed.
We cannot--
- Yeah.
- She cannot come back home without
us doing a session together.
- Yeah, I agree with that one, 1,000%.
- All right, love you.
- OK, bye. - All right.
Love you. Bye.
- OK.
[The Fancee's "feelin' Fancy"]
- ♪♪ Feeling fancy ♪♪
- 5, 7, and 1, 3.
Straight, Jaxie.
1, 3-- back handspring.
Thank you.
Guess what, girls.
A huge opportunity fell into my lap,
and I bought a cheer gym with one of my friends.
And I'm having a big grand opening
in a couple of months.
7, hands, 1--
It's gonna be a lot of work, but so worth it.
And I'm so excited.
Much better.
There's a lot going on, and today I
do have another appointment with the fertility clinic
to get more information about IVF.
OK, we're here.
[light music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Hello.
- Hi, I'm Brandy.
I'm one of the IVF coordinators here at our Tampa office.
So I printed a sample calendar so we can go over,
and then it'll give you an idea of what a cycle looks
like with us.
- OK.
- During your first week of birth control,
we usually have you do something
called a trial transfer.
- So I had to take birth control to get pregnant.
- We have you take birth control so that we
can get a hold of your cycle.
So that's the goal.
- I am a Type I diabetic, so anything
that messes with my hormones, especially birth control--
- Yeah.
- --will, like, literally cancel my insulin.
And then my sugars will be high, which is very dangerous.
- Yeah.
- But also, I tried birth control once in my entire life
and it made my sugar go through the roof and mess with
my physical and mental health.
Yeah.
- The only thing is if you don't do the birth control,
if for some reason you ovulate or your blood level's off,
we might have to postpone your cycle.
So that's why we like to really do the birth control,
so that we can get your hormones down to a baseline.
We control it.
And then we build on top of it with the hormones.
- What else is involved?
- So if that appointment goes well,
we would have you start your injections the next--
usually the next day.
- OK.
So there's a lot of medications involved, which
all mess with your hormones.
[somber music]
- Well, we are-- you're trying to have a baby.
[laughs]
- Right.
I also went through awful, awful, awful, awful,
awful depression--
- Mm-hmm.
- --after having my third.
- Yeah.
- That's due to off hormones.
Like, when I say awful, I mean, it was crippling.
- Mm-hmm.
- Also, you didn't have any help, too, with anything.
So that could be it.
- I don't want to be depressed.
- Don't worry, baby. Don't worry.
I'll be strong for you.
- I-- yes, I finally have a good partner.
But I'm just saying, like, I was, like, suicidal.
Yeah.
So, like, this medicine scares me.
- ♪♪ 2, 3, ready ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- Is that OK?
- Yes.
- It's a nice day, isn't it?
- Yeah.
- You guys are 14.
And since you're 14 now, I think
it's important that we get you established
with a gynecologist.
I think it's about that time.
Based off of what I've been reading,
they say that you should be around the age of 13.
But didn't think at 13 you guys were exactly ready.
But now I hear conversations of social life,
friends having boyfriends, you guys have a boyfriend--
- Not me.
- --all that kind of stuff.
[chuckles] But I know that it's around that age.
Either way, it's important to get established
with a gynecologist, not just because of a social life
and dating life, but also because it's
extremely important that you keep up with your health.
- What's the gynecologist appointment gonna be like?
- I think you'll learn about women's health.
I think you'll learn about the options you have,
if you have heavy flows, if you have light flows.
I think they'll do breast exams.
Us women go through a lot at the end of the day.
Do you guys feel like it's embarrassing sometimes?
It's OK, 'cause I-- if it is-- 'cause I feel like
you guys are at that age where it is like,
oh, my god.
- I don't get embarrassed.
Well, I only get embarrassed if you'd say it around my friends.
- Yeah.
- 'Cause I'm like, come on, like, this is enough.
- Mm-hmm.
So I feel like I lacked that education,
so sometimes I'm over the top with trying
to express it to you guys and teach you guys about it.
And I can understand.
But by the time I did get information,
I was already pregnant with you guys.
Let me just be on top of it because you're gonna date.
You're gonna have fun.
You're gonna have a social life.
- I think I'm ready to go and learn more from them.
- What about you?
- Yeah, I feel ready.
- OK.
- And you guys know you can always talk to me.
Your health and wellness is always my priority.
I love you guys.
- Love you, too.
- I'm proud of you.
- ♪♪ Today what it brings is what it brings ♪♪
♪♪ And it feels like the summer vibes go on endlessly ♪♪
- Are you so excited to go with your dad?
- Yeah.
- Let's go change.
- When you think about being a parent
and then you think about being a birth parent--
and I've done both-- adoption is crazy.
It feels different.
You do a lot of-- a lot of thinking, and wondering,
and questioning.
- You are so pretty.
- I mean, there's always the what-ifs.
Like, sometimes you think about it and it makes you happy.
And then sometimes you think about it and it makes you sad.
What would it have been like to be able to take Carly
on a daddy-daughter dance?
I don't want to take this time for granted.
I didn't get to do anything with Carly special,
like, for her just being her.
And so I need to make sure that I do it with Nova
and do it with Veda and Rya as they get older,
because it goes by so fast.
[doorbell rings] - Somebody's here.
- Oh, wait.
What? What?
But it's raining.
- Answer the door.
- I know.
- Hello--
- [chuckles]
- --beautiful child.
I got you flowers.
- Thank you.
- Are you ready to go on our date?
- Yeah.
- Stand right here.
Big smile.
OK, ready?
- I love it.
You look so pretty, Nova.
- So pretty.
[giggles] OK.
You ready?
- ♪♪ That it's ever gonna be this good ♪♪
- Rock and roll.
♪♪ ♪♪
OK, Novalee.
Thank you.
Can you guys make a Shirley Temple?
She wants to try one of those.
I'm fine with the water.
OK.
Shrimp and Brussels sprouts-- - OK, sound good.
- --just to start.
Thank you.
This is your first dance.
It's my first daddy-daughter dance.
Never done it before. - Cool.
- Thank you.
- A couple plates-- you're welcome.
- I think I brought your mom here.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Like, on a date?
- Yeah.
- Why were you and mom kissing when you were 14?
- That's my--
- Why were we kissing at 14?
- --biggest question.
- Because we liked each other.
- And you couldn't hold back, let me guess.
- I guess not, no.
We met when we were 13, so--
- Oh!
- Why, do you think that's weird that me and Mom--
- [chuckles] When we were 14.
- No.
I mean, like, if you guys loved each other that much, I'm fine.
Because if you didn't-- if that didn't happen, then
this would be not happening.
- Yeah, that's very true.
Thank you.
- And I'm glad that I'm your child.
- Yeah, me too.
I'm glad you're my kid, too.
It's been a while since I was young like you were.
So, like, what does it mean when you're, like--
what do boyfriends and girlfriends do in your grade?
Like, what do they do?
- They just hang out a lot.
They hug each other.
They're very clingy together sometimes.
- OK.
Do they kiss each other? - No.
- Oh, OK. I don't know.
All right.
- [laughs] - I don't know.
I'm just asking.
- [laughs]
- Well, that's good.
- You would notice if I was doing it.
- No, I would not.
That's why I'm asking you.
I'd hope that you would tell-- you know,
that's why I'm asking.
- I'm telling the truth right now.
I have never kissed a boy. - No, no, no.
I trust you. I trust that you'll tell me.
All right. You ready, Freddy?
Off to the-- - Off to the dance.
- --the dance.
- ♪♪ Ain't nothing better than this ♪♪
[killbunny's "Cruel"]
- ♪♪ I know love can be so cruel ♪♪
♪♪ Do you think that we deserve this ♪♪
- Hey, y'all, I'm actually heading out
to have lunch with Jen and Ryan's girlfriend, Amanda.
You know, Ryan and I have worked really hard
over the last couple of years to have just a more stable
co-parenting relationship.
And therapy and Al-Anon has made me more confident
in creating new relationships.
So I'm going to lunch.
Hey.
- Hey.
- How are you? - Good.
How are y'all? - Good.
- Hey, how are y'all doing? - Good.
How are you? - Good. How are you?
- I'm good.
What can I start y'all off to drink with?
- I want a water, please. - Water.
- I'll have a pinot grigio. - I'll take an Angry Orchard.
- Is that not crazy that we've known
each other since high school?
- That is crazy.
I loved that school.
How did you end up at the adult high school?
- I got kicked out of public schools just from drugs,
and fighting, and getting in trouble, getting
arrested at a young age.
I mean, I don't know why it took so long to learn,
but I've went through, like, the ringer.
Like, I'm not going back out there.
- Mm-hmm.
Have you ever had this long sober?
- So I had almost two years sober.
And then that's when my parents ended up passing away.
- OK.
- My mom was related to drugs.
She was always in active addiction, so--
and then she started using with me.
I don't want to make out like she's a bad parent.
Like, she was young.
And then, shortly after, my father just got bone cancer,
stage 4, and passed away, which is also
not an excuse to go back out.
But, yeah, it was very hard.
- So-- and you will be sober a year?
- I'm happy where I'm at in life and--
- You should be really proud. - Yeah.
You should be very proud.
- And even when I was sober before,
I've never been just, like, mentally, emotionally happy.
- I wouldn't want somebody to judge me based off
anything I've done in my past.
And that's been a lot of-- like,
she and I have talked about it.
That's been big for me the last few years,
especially with me and Ryan just,
like, trying to co-parent-- - Yeah.
- --and trying to get on a better and a more healthy
co-parenting relationship.
And it's like, I can't--
I can't hold any of the bull[bleep] against anybody.
- I know, like, we've known each other since high school.
But even, like, reuniting with you, I was, like, so nervous.
Like, I didn't know how your energy was gonna be.
But I was like, she makes me feel, like, so comfortable.
- It's-- for me, I don't know, it was your energy.
But also, like, I just feel like you can't really
move forward or start anywhere if you're just
constantly thinking about-- - You're very open-minded.
Yeah.
- --or listening to other people.
- Yeah, I respect that.
- I just have to say that you and Ryan getting together,
I didn't understand.
I didn't want it at all.
- Yeah, I know. - You know.
[laughter] - Yeah.
- Amanda knows. - I was so scared to meet you.
- I'm, like, in my head, like, I felt
the exact same way in my head.
I'm like, ugh.
- It was just like, Ryan, you've been through all this
so far.
You're doing good, and then you're
going to get into a relationship
with somebody that's in recovery.
- I understand.
Like, if it was my son--
- Yeah.
- --you know, I'd be like, hold on.
- Are we sure about this?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. [laughter]
- Can't we wait a little bit? - So I get it.
Like, I try to be open-minded.
Like, I get it.
And we had a serious talk about it, and he has told me
and I have told him, like, if you relapse, like,
you need to leave me and vice versa.
- Mm-hmm.
- And he's like, if I relapse, like, I'm leaving you
and there'll be no strings attached.
And, you know, we agreed upon that.
But I also feel like if you, like, love someone--
and, like, so all I want to do is see him do
good, like, see him be a dad. - Mm-hmm.
- Because, like, I've been through this--
- Right.
- --literally since I was 12 years old.
Like, it's consistency.
The more you do it, the more you--
- The easier it gets type of thing.
- It is.
Like, you will never be happy, like, using.
And active addiction, like, it's never--
- It always kind of ends up at the--
- It always ends.
- The end of the road is the same every time type of thing.
- Yes, every single time. - Yeah.
[gentle guitar music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[tense music]
- OK, guys.
I just received a message from my mom's therapist
at the treatment center, and she says that she's
gonna give me a call.
She's basically telling me that my mom
isn't doing too well.
And I'm a little confused, because I
personally thought that everything has been going well.
This is just stressing me out.
[cell phone rings]
Hello?
- Hey, it's me.
- Hey, how are you?
- Good.
So, yeah, I went over there right now.
They told me she didn't do any of their groups
or anything today.
- Why? - Yeah.
I mean, this is ridiculous.
I mean, she's not doing anything.
- So, like, what is she doing, just sitting there and being
silent the whole time?
- So she's just being in a bad mood
or she'll go outside with a blanket wrapped around her.
And I just ignore her, 'cause I'm not gonna deal with that.
I said, you know, Roxy, this isn't doing any good.
I'm not doing this anymore.
While you're here, you've got to work this program.
- Wow.
She's been lying to us for so long.
♪♪ ♪♪
[rock music]
- ♪♪ The things that you say ♪♪
♪♪ And the way you react ♪♪
♪♪ You learn your own patterns ♪♪
♪♪ And trace them all back to the sword ♪♪
- Going through IVF while running a new gym
is gonna be a lot.
- I'll do your classes. I'll go in there and jump.
Hey! Hey!
Mack is not here, but I am here.
To the right, to the right, to the right.
To the left--
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- You look stressed out.
- Yeah, I am, because there's more medication involved
that puts my diabetes at risk.
There's so much that goes into this.
But when I say we're talking about
medicine that's going to mess with my mental health--
- I mean, it's not necessarily that you're
gonna end up back there.
There's a possibility.
At the end of the day, like, I wouldn't just
have you go through this whole thing on your own.
- What if I go so crazy you will leave me?
What if I just do and say crazy things?
I mean, Josh literally couldn't handle it.
He just left.
Like, he was like, this is too much.
I don't-- I can't be with someone depressed.
- I ain't going nowhere, Mackie Boo.
We just got to do our best to get to where we want to.
- I know that, like, you're so good at shutting
down any negativity and just, like, keeping positive.
And I love you for that.
- Yeah, which is different for you, though.
- Sometimes, though, you need to let me just let
out some negative emotions.
- ♪♪ Write the same story over again ♪♪
- I love Khesanio.
But anytime I try to explain my fears,
his response is simply, let's just be positive.
[laughs] So that's hard.
But Khesanio is my rock.
I think that's the only reason I'm even willing to do this,
is because I know I do have a solid partner.
I am going to see an endocrinologist, a doctor
who specializes in diabetes,
to make sure IVF is safe for me.
I am definitely scared, but this is my best shot at having
a baby with Khesanio.
- ♪♪ Take my hand ♪♪
♪♪ Let's move together ♪♪
♪♪ We don't have to walk alone ♪♪
- Come on, my pocket full of sunshine.
- Why does it stink in here?
- Today, we're picking up your sisters
and going to their gynecologist appointment.
It's a doctor's appointment.
You'll learn more about it the older you get there,
soon-to-be middle-schooler.
- I already know about it.
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♪♪ ♪♪
- Hello.
- Hi, baby.
Hi, Aleeah.
- Where are you going?
- We got to get to the gynecologist appointment.
Are you guys ready for it? - Yeah.
- OK.
Do you guys want me to go in there with you?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- I'll do my best to bounce back and forth to each room
since it's your first appointment.
But the older you get, the more independent
you'll become when going to your doctor's appointments.
- How's it gonna be?
- It won't be invasive at all.
Basically, you're just gonna get established with them.
- All right.
- You guys got this.
- ♪♪ We all get by on a little love ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- Sit there.
- Addie made you guys something.
- Oh. - Careful.
- Is it hot? - Thank you.
- Yeah. It's hot chocolate.
- Grab it by the handle. - Hot.
- So I wanted to check in on you guys, too.
So was it scary?
- No. - No?
- Not really.
I mean, going in was kind of--
- Just nerve-racking?
- Yeah.
But once you talk to them, they don't
make you feel like you're new.
They make you feel like you've been there for years.
- Was there anything that you learned at the doctor's office
that isn't taught in school?
- I knew all of it from you.
But the school didn't teach me anything about it.
- No.
- I don't think that it's fair that other parents don't
teach their kids this stuff.
- I mean, there's a lot of girls,
especially at your school-- and we've had
conversations about it-- that don't have this access.
- I think when you're in sixth grade
you should know everything. Like, there should be--
- Really? - I agree.
- What do you guys think that we could
do to help change the access that women
do have in our area, or girls?
- We could change laws.
- Yeah.
They could learn about it in school more.
- Yeah.
- So we can look up local state delegates, legislators,
and reach out to them and voice our concerns and what
we would like to see happen.
If I was you, Aleeah, I would look up
Charleston, West Virginia, lawmakers, female lawmakers.
- I mean, I found Kayla Young.
- Yes.
Love her.
If you're serious about this, send her a message.
Hey, Kayla Young.
Be like, I have some concerns about, you know,
women's health if you're willing to help us.
You messaged her?
OK, my future little lawmaker.
Teens will be teens.
And if I would have had sex education in school,
maybe I wouldn't have been a teen mom.
There were dreams I had that didn't happen because I
had an unplanned pregnancy.
And I can teach them all day, every day.
But that's why I still think it's important to have
comprehensive sexual education and a gynecologist
for them to go to.
[gentle music]
- ♪♪ Are you keeping your door open? ♪♪
- So after the phone call with my mom's therapist,
they suggested that me and Brittany and my mom
do a virtual therapy session over the phone to figure
out what's been going on.
I was shocked, because all the other phone
calls that I had with my mom were good phone calls.
Like, she seemed happy.
She seemed alive.
She even sounded different.
So, to me, I took that as that was all a front.
Hi.
- I bring goodies.
- I wanted to show you the pool.
- Mm, let me see.
- Let's go outside so I can show you.
Hey, look at how cute this is.
Is it a vibe?
This is gonna be so fun.
- Me and my Lupus are gonna have a great time this summer.
- Are you ready for the session today?
Do you have anything you may want to say to her?
- Yeah.
I don't like her.
She's a liar and I don't trust her, 'cause how she pretend she
was doing good on the phone to you.
- Yeah, and then she really wasn't.
- Like, I'm not having that.
- I think I just want to, like, ask her,
like, what's really going on with you?
Like, what's the tea? 'Cause we're lost here.
- The tea is gonna be lies, girl.
Why are you even asking?
- Well, she can't lie because somebody's gonna be there.
- I don't want--
I want my life to be stress-free.
I'm gonna tell her, you bring me no peace--
- Mm-hmm. - --just chaos.
So stay the [bleep] away.
[phone rings] - Oh, [bleep].
Hello?
- Hey, Bri.
- Hi.
- Are you ready to merge with me and Brittany?
- Yeah, she's actually here with me right now.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I don't give a [bleep] what you say, Roxanne.
Because at the end of the day, you
have never been a good parent.
You're just selfish, Mom.
[bleep].
I'm [bleep] out of here.
- I told her how I felt.
[bleep] out of here, bitch. You're not [bleep] my life.
They were like, oh, we're working
on her breathing exercises to get into her trauma.
And I said, can I say something?
I don't give a [bleep] about her breathing exercises
or her mother[bleep] trauma.
Don't want you in my life if you're going
to keep up the bull[bleep].
So, yeah, that's how I feel.
Case closed.
[somber music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- My sister just went off on my mom.
And then my mom is saying all these mean things
to my sister like [bleep] you, shut the [bleep] up.
Like, it was just a back and forth thing.
We have, like, this, like, toxic triangle going on
and it has to stop.
- Did you tell that to your mom?
[tense music]
- She understood because I have kids.
And they play a big role in my kids' life,
both my mom and my sister.
♪♪ ♪♪
It's too much to handle.
We had an hour to talk to my mom and she hung up
30 minutes in.
And we didn't even really get to talk about anything.
My mom's time there is very limited.
And then why am I the only one that
is, like, acting like an [bleep] adult
in this situation?
It's unfortunate because there's kids involved.
It's literally just me and the two girls
and my mom and my sister.
At the end of the day, we all have one goal.
And that's for everybody to be able to get
along and come together as a big, happy family.
And if we all have the same goal in mind,
why are we all not working together to make that happen?
♪♪ ♪♪
[Layup's "Feels Like Family"]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Trying to decide what area will
be the next declutter area, but I can't overthink it.
Because if I overthink it, I'll get
overwhelmed and not want to do it.
- How did lunch go with Amanda?
- It was good.
I don't know.
She's just really easy to talk to.
Like, I just feel like they are both very much aware
that you're supposed to be in recovery for a year
before you get into a relationship.
But, I mean, they're already like, nine months into it.
At this point, I mean, what are you
gonna do, break up for a few months
till they're both out a year? Like--
- Let me ask you this.
Does it make you nervous now they've
been together for a while?
It's almost like, we don't have to worry about just Ryan--
- Yeah.
- --but Amanda too.
- I mean, yeah.
- It seems like things are going really well and headed
in the right direction, that it would
kind of be devastating to have a setback like that.
- I would be lying if I said it didn't--
- Right.
- --worry me.
But, at the same time, I think it's out of my control.
So I'm not gonna let the worry or the anxiety control me.
- Yeah.
- You know?
[light music]
You know, it's been a very long road for Ryan, obviously,
but you know, for everyone.
- You feel good about where Bentley's at?
- Yeah, I do.
I mean, I'm having conversations
with Bentley as like, you can hope for the best,
and keep hoping, and always have hope.
But it's-- it's a tough road, so--
From what I see with Amanda and Ryan,
they both really care about each other.
And with her past and everything,
she is a very positive light for not
only Ryan, but Bentley too.
But also, if this doesn't work out,
how will that affect Ryan's sobriety?
- ♪♪ Make 'em do a double take ♪♪
♪♪ Show 'em what your mama made ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
♪♪ Let 'em know your name ♪♪
- [laughs]
- I can't wait to get these heels off.
- Pain is beauty, kid.
- Did you have fun? - It was great.
I had a blast. - Did you?
- Not a lot of the dad's movin' and groovin', though.
I'll tell you that.
- I'm getting old. I'm getting old.
That's how I know I'm getting old.
Raging with kids, I'm getting tired.
- Baltierras tearing up the dance floor.
- Oh, yeah.
Our area, everyone-- I mean, they were like, get away.
That was me whipping-- spinning and whipping around.
[laughter]
- Yeah, a couple of girls looked at us like--
[laughter]
I'm stuffed and I'm tired.
- I told her, I was like--
- And your feet were killing you, weren't they?
- Oh, yeah. She kept-- yeah.
- Welcome to heels.
- I think you're an awesome, kid.
- I think you're an awesome-- - You're so smart.
You're wise.
You think deep about things.
- Well, I think you're an amazing father.
I love you very much.
And you always answer my questions
when I get very curious.
I'm very grateful for you taking me to the dance.
- Oh, I loved it.
- ♪♪ I'm taking it as it comes ♪♪
♪♪ I'm splashing down ♪♪
♪♪ It's all so wrong ♪♪
♪♪ It's me I'll measure ♪♪
♪♪ But the glory comes after the fight ♪♪
♪♪ 'Cause we face it together ♪♪
♪♪ And what you feel is home now ♪♪
♪♪ You got to take it as it comes ♪♪
♪♪ I'm taking it as it comes ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
♪♪ I'm taking it as it comes ♪♪
- Are you gonna show your sister what they do
with a tampon?
- You might not be able to do what you want to do.
- I just feel like it's like a mother-son conversation.
- You think that's affecting your guys', like, relationship?
- 100%.
- All my time, money has been poured into this gym.
- I went to look at rings the other day,
but I want to ask you first if I can marry her.
[gentle music]