This Friday while channel surfing I stumbled upon a show on slice that surprised me. The name of the show is I'm Having Their Baby. I soon found out that this reality show follows birth mothers through their decision to adopt, birth of their child and (sometimes) relinquishment of their child to adoptive parents.
This particular episode was about Megan a college girl and Lindsay a single Mom. Their journey's were very different but both very emotional (of course). I have come across many fictional shows about adoption but never a reality show.
I have followed Catelynn & Tyler's story on Teen Mom after they chose adoption for their daughter on 16 and Pregnant. I have learned allot from their story and have always felt it represents a real and positive story about adoption, showing the ups and downs from a birth parent standpoint. Here is some more information about Catelynn and Tyler if you are interested.
I am still not sure how I feel about I'm Having Their Baby. The way the show is filmed seems to put adoptive parents in a negative light. I don't think this is done intentionally but it made me feel a bit uncomfortable. It is hard to explain why I felt that way but I just did. I may have to watch again this Friday to see if it was just this particular episode I did not like.
If nothing else this show helped me to continue along my adoption learning curve. I suppose in the era of reality TV I should not have been so surprised to stumble upon a show about adoption. There is one about everything else.
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