Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Like a train wreck

TLC has done it again. They've sucked me in with a show that is so repulsive, so extreme that it is irresistible. First it was Toddlers and Tiaras. Now, it's I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant. Has anyone seen this show? It's insane. It features women (and evidently there are a lot...I saw 12 last night alone) who didn't know they were pregnant until they delivered their babies. They interview the women and also have a dramatic re-enactment of the scene (ewww!). I'm just having a hard time believing that someone could not know they were pregnant. The first few women I saw delivered about two months early. Seven months is pretty far along, but I conceded, "Well, okay, maybe there is a slight possibility they didn't know." Then, I saw women who delivered at 38 weeks! One woman's baby weighed over 8 pounds! And one woman didn't realize she was pregnant with TWINS! You have got to be kidding me. Now, I know I've never been pregnant, but I have seen my fair share of pregnant women. I just do not understand how you could not know. Evidently, it's more common than I thought. I was just sitting on the couch going, "This is crazy! I don't believe this." Darby said, "Why don't you just watch something else?" But I couldn't. That show has some kind of hold on me. It's dangerous.

2 comments:

Laci said...

I TOTALLY understand. I've watched that show before. It's insane! It freaked me out too. It's disturbing, and I found myself asking the same insane questions you did! ha! Now whenever I'm flipping through the channel guide, I try and pass by real quick when I see that show listed so that I don't get sucked in and freaked out again!!

Jenn said...

Oh girl - I haven't seen the show, but we were talking about it at work just this week! Coming from a woman who is 8 1/2 months pregnant, there is NOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAYYYYY that they didn't know they were pregnant. Nope. Not buying it. :-)