Well, we all know how I love baby shows because I like yelling at the television. Traditionally I’ve thought Special Delivery was the worst of them. But honestly, it makes no bones about what it is, a show about high risk pregnancies/deliveries.
The show that seriously annoys me more is “Amazing Baby.” Some of them are truely amazing, but so many are “OMG! Woman gives birth in car! Baby didn’t die, despite teh chord wrapped around the neck!” It really does turn something reasonably normal into a Hollywood ratings grab.
Oh, the best quote so far was yesterday. Roughly paraphrased, but more quote than paraphrase in a story where a 10 y/o “plays midwife” for her Mom: “If the chord was cut too close to Mom, the baby’s blood could reflux back into the mother, weakening her immune system.”
And then we wonder why the state of birth is where it is today.
