MTV has a reality show, 16 and Pregnant, with a couple from Chattanooga.
And they ride 4-wheelers, while pregnant. Ok....
And, they used my dr, but not really my doctor, the doctor in with my doctor, which was a little shocking to see my office and hosptial on tv. Now that brought back some memories. :)
My life at 16 and pregnant was nothing like this show. I didnt brag about my baby, instead I went away to a home for pregnant girls, well, until I cried and begged my parents to come and get me. However, my school life wasnt about rubbing my belly or asking me questions about being pregnant.
Anyway, it ended up to be so sad. Wow, just truly sad watching all the heartache surrounding that baby. I dont think I'll be watching anymore of those shows.
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I watched that last Thursday, and the doctor they showed actually IS my doctor, lol. She's the one I've been seeing since September of 07. I looked at the room and thought, that room looks awful familiar. Then I saw her side profile and thought, that looks like Dr. Few and sure enough, there was my doctor on TV, ha!
Oh, thats crazy, Natalie!
I've seen Dr. Few once, and it was a very memoriable moment, funny to me anyway. :) So yeah, I totally recognized her, the office, and hospital. :)
I dont think I'll be watching the show again. It was a bit creepy to me and super sad. Being 16 and pregnant is not something to flaunt around or at least in my opinion.
Oh, are you going to say something to your doctor about the show?? :)I bet she'd get a good laugh about being on TV and MTV for that much. :)
We had thought about asking her for her autograph at our next appointment, but then I thought that was kind of a little much, and figured she will probably hear that quite a few times between now and July, ha. But we will definitely mention it, say something along the lines of "Hey! Saw you on TV, way to go!"
I won't watch 16 and Pregnant again. The only reason I watched in the first place was because the couple was from Chatt. I think that this show could go either way; either making teen pregnancy a sobering reality for young folks or "glamorizing" all Hollywood style kind of like Juno, or famous young ladies who get pregnant early....
Yeah, we just dont live in a world where pregnant at 16 is the healthiest way to go. A hundred years ago it was fine, we did more agracultural living but in today's society I just dont think the average teenager is mature enough or financially stable enough to handle a baby.
Thank goodness my parents were there financially and that they encouraged me to finish school and such.
On the idea of bringing the reality of being a young parent to the frontline, I guess that could be a good thing, however, I'm still a bit offended by it because of all the sterotyping I had to overcome with my pregnancy. I think I probably worked even harder because of it. I have more of the fear of glamorizing it. I've never talked of my pregnancy in a "cool" way. It was life and I dealt with it but other than that, I never brought much drama into it.
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