Mad Men

Just added 'Mad Men' to the list of television shows with a Barren Babe. The character Pete's wife appears to be having problems conceiving. During the season premiere there was a touching scene where she lamented that everyone was getting pregnant but herself. She likened it to a 'club' that you joined when you became pregnant and she felt left out. I can relate to that. It will be interesting to see how the writers will handle this situation and its affect on their marriage, as back in the early 1960s options were limited to fertility-challenged women/couples.

Private Practice

Just added the television show 'Private Practice' to the list of television shows with a Barren Babe as lead character Dr. Addison Montgomery is infertile. If I can remember correctly, she has an elevated FSH level on day 3 and only 2 antral follicles (lucky her, I only have one). Yikes! I still can't believe that this lingo is so familiar to me now. Glad to see that a new show is focusing on fertility as Addison is a Barren Babe and another doctor (can't remember the character's name) is a leading fertility specialist. Let's keep this show going. Perhaps it will reveal more struggles of infertility.

Tell Me That You Love Me

Hubby and I have started watching the HBO series 'Tell me That You Love Me'. To be honest, the show has potential but the pace is very slow and the sex is somewhat soft-core porn, but too real to really be a turn-on. What I love about this show is how it shows the darkside of marriage and relationships. Nothing is sugar-coated and sometimes it hits the mark and you wonder if they've peeped into your life.

One couple is dealing with infertility (funnily someone from 'US' magazine called it 'sterility' -- God, wish someone would educate those baby-carriage-chasing-tabloid-writers). It's great to see television finally take a look at what millions of people face everyday. What my husband and I find amusing is that the couple don't agree on whether to tell friends about their problem, and the husband on the program blabs to the friends that they are trying to conceive and the wife is furious. Darling Husband and I laugh because this situation is so much like the two of us. I would love to tell everyone (at this point in time because three years ago I would have died if anyone knew) our problem trying to conceive, but Darling Husband has issued a gag order.

Bravo to HBO for showing infertility. Let's hope that they don't get pregnant right away because this is supposed to mirror real life, right?

Finally saw the season finale of 'Big Love' last night. I really sympathised for the character Pam's plight. Thank God my husband is not like hers as he's threatening to leave her because she can't have children. What century is this? What kind of religion would degrade women because they are infertile? Whew! Thank God I'm not Mormon. There's more to marriage than procreation. You can have a family of two.