Bitching

Okay, could there be more pregnant people in this week's issue of People? It should be temporarily titled Modern Celebrity Mother. Brooke Shields is on the cover with her new (and darling) baby, Rowan. Then flipping the page you encounter Kate Hudson (due in winter), Reese Witherspoon (due in December), Jill Hennessy (due in October), Heather Mills McCartney (due in November), and possibly Christy Turlington.

Overkill much? I get it. I get it. Do I have to see another bulging belly?

Plus, then the article about Shields goes on to state that Shields got her happy ending the old fashioned way - she earned it. Via 7 IVF treatments. She paid her dues. Well, I'm very happy for Brooke. Really, I am. I hope she enjoys sweet little Rowan. But at $5,000 - $15,000 a pop, most couples can't afford 7 in vitro fertilizations. They can't earn their happy endings because it would put them into poverty.

I hate these types of articles. They make it seem like infertility is just another "Dream it, Do it" scenario, where if you try hard enough, you can achieve your dream. Madonna can have a child at 42? You can too! Most people don't have that kind of money to spend on a late in life pregnancy, and these articles lull women into a sense of "I've still got time" complacency. It makes me mad. Sometimes you just don't have the time left. I started at 28. 28! I wish they would profile more women like Sharon Stone who tried and failed and adopted and got on with her life. Or people who decided to be childless even.