The Secret Life

Had the tv on for back ground noise last night while playing around on the computer and this is the show that was on, The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I have seen previews but had never watched it before. There were 2 episodes back to back and from what I have gathered from this show, other than that I am too old to be watching it, is that they talk about sex a lot. In the first episode one of the girls was very pregnant and one of the other girls in the show had already had a baby like the year before or something. The pregnant girl even ends up marrying this guy from school and they move into together. Did I mention they are in high school. So lots of drama going on. At the end of the second episode the prego girl is laying in bed next to her new husband and starts talking about how something doesn't feel right with the baby. The husband says that he thinks everything is fine because they just had their appt today with the doctor and everything looked good.

From that moment all I could think about was if this show was really going to have her have a stillborn baby or have her baby die shortly after birth? I saw the previews for the next episode and it looks like she did go to the hospital. Now of course I have to watch next week because I have to see what happens. I even looked ahead in the tv guide and read what the next few episodes are about and I know something bad happens in the next (assuming baby dies), and the one after that the girl refuses to leave her room for a week (assuming she's got some major grief and anger going on).

The page BabyLoss Mommas on Facebook even addressed this which I thought was interesting. This is what they posted, "Thank you to the writers of The Secret Life of the American Teenager for possibly opening the eyes of your viewers next week on the very heartbreaking, yet sadly common loss of a child....". I couldn't agree more that people need to be aware that it happens, that not every pregnancy has a happy ending. I read through all of the comments and someone posted that viewers of the show were saying that if the baby dies that they were even going to stop watching the show. Sorry to say peeps but that's reality, bad shit can happen to anyone. Not that I like hearing about a baby dying, even if its on a tv show, but I think it's important for the viewers to see this.