Why would a woman who wanted a divorce, have a baby?
I think the divorce talk is overblown. Their marriage certainly seemed to have its problems. And, yes, Terri even once toyed with the idea of leaving Michael. However, many marriages have their problems, and not all of them end in divorce. I've known several couples over the year where there has at one time been talk of one partner leaving -- but they are still together today. Every marriage has its ups and downs. All we really know is that the two of them seemed to recognize they had problems and they were willing to work on those problems. Most of the talk about divorce is recent spin when it became apparent that this time the Schindlers were not going to be able to save her. Take what you read -- especially on Free Republic -- with a grain of salt. They are, unfortunately in this case, not much more objective than the MSM.
Duh . . . let me see. Terri was a devout Catholic and she was a sweet woman. Duh . . . let's see . . . maybe she wanted to try and save her marriage. Ya think?
Because she was told that was what good wives (and considering she was Catholic...) are supposed to want?
And actually, some women think that having kids will make things better.
She probably was very torn between the options of leaving and or staying and trying to make it work. When living with an abuser like Michael I can totally understand how mixed up she might have felt.