I'll admit it, I totally dig Despera*e Housewiv*s ... it's part of the Sunday night decompression routine, which begins with a pineapple and ham pizza, consists of guilty pleasure tv shows, culminating in Gr*y's Anat*my, and sometimes later, some of my own snugglin' and lovin'. Sunday nights are grrrrrrreat, as Tony the Tiger might say.
Last night, I began Sunday Night Ritual with a plate of pizza nearby and laptop on my legs, catching up on some much-needed blog reading. I read a post at Fertility Now about the additional crappy storylines about infertility on prime time shows. So true, so true, I thought .
I attentively tune in to DH, and BIG SURPRISE! Gabriella and Carlos want to have a baby. But, according to her doctor, "that big fall" she took earlier has rendered her INFERTILE! Must be some tumble she took! And to make it even saucier, her crazy-ass mom shows up offering to be the gestational surrogate for their child. But add a background of sexual abuse, mother-issues, aversion to adoption, and all the expected drama. But alas! By the end of the show, it's all wrapped up with a nice, tight bow. Carlos is totally cool with adoption, Gabrielle is thrilled that she won't have to "mess up her body," and I'm sure by the end of the season, they'll oh-so-realistically have a brand new baby in their home!
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Well, doubt this will make you feel better, but...what you've just described is CLASSIC soap opera fertility writing. Falls, abortions and miscarriages make people infertile all of the time. Infertility can be diagnosed immediately and definitively. Fertility treatments never work. What DOES work is sleeping with two men within a few days of each other, or sleeping with the One Man You Shouldn't. That has been known to cure infertility in cases of premature ovarian failure and more. If Eva Longoria gets pregnant, they'll whip up some situation in which it would be incredibly inconvenient for Gabby to get pregnant, and she'll get pregnant. Sorry you have to put up with all of this in the meantime, though...
Isn't it amazing that apparently no one who even works on these shows has had any experience with infertility and could raise a hand and say "uh, this is not even remotely realistic, whaddya say we do 5 minutes or so research and come up with something at least plausible?" Or maybe someone did speak up and they just fired them. Much easier than spending 5 minutes doing a little research.
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