TV Shows

I had an idea when I began my pregnancy blog that I would include a list of television shows and movies that included pregnant women as characters and/or talked a lot about pregnancy and childbirth.

So last week I watched the new comedy series "Notes from the Underbelly" and I figured I'd try my hand at writing a short review about it.

The new comedy series "Notes from the Underbelly" on ABC centers around the conception, pregnancy, and childbirth of babies born to two very different couples who are friends. The characters are balanced by two very single and very UN-parent-like friends. The jokes in the show center around most of your normal pregnancy cliches, like hunger, cravings, mini vans, maternity underwear, unneccessary baby gear, nesting, and the general "we're freaking out" insanity that arises once you become pregnant with your first child. It was funny and I was, of course, able to relate to pretty much all of the emotions and hilarious things one might do when they are pregnant. One of my favorite parts was when the woman who was newly pregnant (if this was a really good review I would know characters and actors names but I don't have time to research this--I have diapers to change) was sitting in her kitchen eating tacos filled with pumpkin pie filling. Cravings are NOT just for television, they exist, believe me.

Another highlight was when a couple with three children backed the newly pregnant couple into a corner and told them how children ruin your life, ending with the mother flashing her breasts at the couple to prove what breastfeeding did to her. (They didn't show it of course.) This, I'm sorry to say, is realistic as well. I've yet to meet a mom who nursed her babies who feels like her breasts are more attractive. Of course the part about how children ruin your life was just for effect because, hopefully, we all know that that's totally just for televisional effect. I just made up a new word. Televisional. I'm liking it.

Over all I didn't feel like the show will be very long running, at least that's my prediction. But it is a subject that can draw a lot of laughs from people who have been there and done that. So if you're pregnant and you'd like some televisional support and a reason to laugh at your pregnancy quirks, this comedy might be for you.

One more thing to note. One of the couples who is pregnant is much farther along than the aforementioned couple. They have portrayed this couple as the psycho first parents that some can be. They do crazy things like carry around a fake baby, go to bed early, and set their alarm for 3 am so they can get used to getting up to feed the baby. Please don't ever do anything like this. Please. No preparation in the middle of the night is necessary. And don't make your spouse get up with you. If you need help, ask for it, but it's not necessary for two people to lose sleep. Tell yourself to enjoy the middle of the night. It will not last forever. It will just seem like it.