Bold and the Beautiful: Steffy Clings to Carter’s Child – Gestation Scheme Collapses?!

The Bold and the Beautiful reveals that Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) really doesn’t want to give up the baby that she is carrying. But Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) is forcing Steffy’s hand with this really, really dirty move he played by using Daphne Rose (Murielle Hilaire) to guilt trip Steffy into faking the surrogacy and giving up their baby.

But we know it’s tearing Steffy apart. And we might see a really shocking outcome to this surrogacy scheme. Today we’ll talk about Carter, Finn Finnegan (Tanner Novlan), and Daphne’s lives blowing up if Steffy can’t follow through.

Bold and the Beautiful: The Inevitable Truth Bomb

So, it’s still up in the air when the truth about Carter and Steffy’s drunken one night stand cheating and fake surrogacy scheme will come out. It could be during the pregnancy. It could be right after the baby is born. It could be five years later. I tend to think sooner, but we know the truth about Carter and Steffy will come out. And in fact, it might come out and horrify Carter if Steffy gives birth and immediately decides she just cannot give up her baby to Carter and Daphne to raise.

So today I want to talk about what could drive Steffy to get this deep into the scheme all the way to labor and delivery and then back out at the worst possible moment. The first reason she would keep this baby is obvious. Steffy told Carter already that she didn’t want to give up her baby. Even the thought of it is killing Steffy. She can’t fathom the idea when Carter was laying out this insane surrogacy scheme.

Carter Does Steffy Dirty on B&B

The only reason Steffy’s considering it at all is because Carter is forcing her in devious ways. He’s crossing boundaries with Steffy. And even after she told Carter no multiple times, he didn’t stop. He’s essentially forcing Steffy into this surrogacy scheme. And yeah, I get it. Carter’s desperate to save his marriage to Daphne. But forcing Steffy’s hand, demanding she give up her child is crazy. I think Carter just doesn’t get what he’s asking because he’s not a parent himself. This is like Sophie’s Choice, you know, and Steffy has every right to keep her own baby.

Also, there’s this for her to consider. When all the secrets and lies inevitably blow up, Daphne would divorce Carter, and she might pick up that baby and move back to Paris with it, which means Steffy wouldn’t be part of her baby’s life as Carter promised. Steffy would be cut completely out of this child’s life. She is an extremely involved and hands-on mother to Kelly Spencer (Sophia Paras McKinlay) and to Hayes Forrester Finnegan (Bryan David Garlick).

She cherishes all those moments. Steffy’s kids are the most precious thing to her. And in fact, in Monaco, when she handed Finn back her rings, that was Steffy willing to sacrifice her wonderful marriage to keep her kids safe from Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown). And Steffy told Carter repeatedly she wanted to tell Finn about their one night stand, even knowing he might end their marriage. Steffy was especially insistent once she found out she was pregnant. That baby was the priority from that moment, even over her own marriage to Finn.

Bold and Beautiful: Daphne Takes Off

So, I do think that if Steffy were to lose access to this baby because Daphne would take him or her to Paris, that would be a dealbreaker for Steffy and she would say, “No, I’m not doing this. Sorry.” She would give up her husband Finn, give up her best friend Daphne, give up all of it to keep her kids with her. Another thing for Steffy to consider is that if Finn calls it quits with Steffy and they end up divorcing, she’s going to want to keep her children closer than ever because Steffy’s kids are going to be all that she has if she loses Finn and if Steffy loses her best friend Daphne over this.

Also, don’t forget that Steffy already knows the pain of giving up a child. You’ll remember when she unknowingly adopted Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) and Liam Spencer‘s (Scott Clifton) baby, Beth. That was after Hope and Liam thought that their daughter died. That came after Steffy lost Liam. And Hope said she wasn’t going to let Kelly and Beth be sisters because Taylor Hayes (then Hunter Tylo) had shot Bill Spencer (Don Diamont). And Hope was treating Taylor like Steffy is treating Sheila now, as a danger to the kids. Steffy had lost Liam and she lost the chance for Kelly to have a sister.

Bold and the Beautiful: Steffy Won’t Give Up Another Baby

So, Steffy focused on family, adopted a baby, named her Phoebe after her dead sister, and Steffy was an incredible mom to her. And when the truth came out that Hope’s baby was stolen, Steffy had to give the baby to Hope and Liam and was devastated. So I can absolutely see Steffy saying she’s not going to put herself through that pain again. This baby is biologically hers and Carter’s.

And Steffy was attached from the moment she saw those two lines on all of those many pregnancy tests she took. She never considered not having Carter’s baby despite that it was easy to see the consequences. And Steffy didn’t consider giving it up. That’s her baby.

Steffy’s Legal Rights on Bold

Another thing to look at are the legal options. Daphne said she wanted to use a donor and surrogate that she already knows and trusts. She told Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) and Taylor that. Daphne said she would prefer that it’s more personal and not so transactional like with a perfect stranger. So, of course, that’s what’s got Carter’s wheels turning because Steffy’s already pregnant with his baby. So, now Carter is telling Steffy they’ve got to move fast because she’s already pregnant on Bold and the Beautiful.

That means timing is crucial to pull off the surrogacy scheme. And because it’s so rush, rush, Daphne, Carter, and Steffy might not sign papers just yet. As a lawyer, Carter should know better. You don’t delay the documents. But he’s not thinking like a lawyer. He’s thinking like a husband who accidentally was intimate with Steffy, his wife Daphne’s best friend.

Bold and the Beautiful: Carter Makes Hasty Mistake

So, I suspect Carter may ignore the paperwork and tell Daphne the important thing is getting the pregnancy going. They’ll sort the legalities later because they trust Steffy. And then, inevitably, she’s going to fall in love with the baby during the pregnancy. And Steffy’s going to have to tell Carter she just can’t give their baby to Daphne.

And if Steffy never signs paperwork with Carter and Daphne during the pregnancy, there’s nothing legal for them to enforce. And if Carter tried to take Steffy to court, she could just say, “Look, there was never a surrogacy. Carter and I were intimate together.” And it would turn into a Steffy versus Carter custody case over their baby, and nobody could make Steffy give up the kid.

Right now, Carter is so desperate. He’s just not thinking clearly and is doing all that he can to save his marriage to Daphne. That’s his job right now. So, for Carter, it’s not even about him and Daphne starting a family or having a child. It’s just about Carter not losing Daphne.

Bold and the Beautiful: Steffy Keeps Her Baby

But for Steffy, it’s always been about the baby because she’s been planning to tell Finn the truth even before she found out she was pregnant. Remember? And once Steffy saw those two lines on the pregnancy test, she told Carter, “We have to come clean. We have to tell them now because I’m pregnant.” It was clear from the outset Steffy always planned to keep this baby.

Then Carter started pressuring Steffy. And then he came up with this insane scheme. And when it all blows up, as it inevitably will, Carter has no one to blame but himself. Steffy and Carter didn’t mean to be intimate together and they should have come clean to Finn and Daphne. But of course, what’s happening right now is the much soapier option and I think it’s a pretty amazing storyline. I’m actually really impressed with The Bold and the Beautiful for coming up with this. I can’t wait to see where it goes. And I think where it’s going is Steffy keeps that baby.