A safe space for your brain
Thank you so much to the many folks who have emailed in lately to let me know of submissions to add – I’ll be doing some updates over the Christmas break and will be sure to let you know.
The last updates that went up were Christmas films, so hopefully that has helped make the festive season a little easier for you all.
Best wishes and look out over the next week or two for your submissions to appear.
xx
K
Added this week, to help guide your festive entertainment:
| Category | Added |
| Movies | Christmas films!
All safe: Avoid – films feature pregnancy/babies prominently in the closing scene(s): |
Please submit! Either here or by email to isfmdatabase@gmail.com. Thanks, friends.
Added in November:
| Category | Added |
| Podcasts | New category! IVFML and Big Fat Negative added under infertility.
I Hate It But I Love It, My Dad Wrote A Porno, The Complete Guide to Everything, and The Dollop added to safe podcasts. |
| TV Shows | New Amsterdam added – DOR/infertility storyline, and a high-risk pregnancy.
A Million Little Things has a sensitive pregnancy storyline in S1. Million Dollar Listing NYC and Shahs of Sunset also added for infertility/surrogacy triggers. |
| Movies | Bird Box added (not yet released, but going by the book plot). Up! added for the miscarriage in the opening sequence. |
| Video Games | Nothing new added. |
| Books | Bird Box added – 2 pregnant characters feature, and there is a disturbing birth scene. |
| Satire | Nothing new added. |
| Good IF Portrayals | Nothing new added. |
| Avoid list | Nothing new added. |
| Stand-up | Nothing new added. |
Please submit! Either here or by email to isfmdatabase@gmail.com. Thanks, friends.
Added in October:
| Category | Added |
| TV Shows | The Romanoffs has a surprise pregnancy in its first episode. There is an IVF storyline in season 3 of This Is Us. |
| Movies | A Star Is Born is safe. |
| Video Games | Nothing new added. |
| Books | The Girl on the Train – movie was on the list, but the book wasn’t (my bad!). |
| Satire | Nothing new added. |
| Good IF Portrayals | Nothing new added. |
| Avoid list | Nothing new added. |
| Stand-up | Nothing new added. |
Please submit! Either here or by email to isfmdatabase@gmail.com. Thanks, friends.
Added in July:
| Category | Added |
| TV Shows | Nothing new added. |
| Movies | Mamma Mia is very obviously about a pregnancy, but also has some quite emotional moments around having a baby, which may make you uncomfortable/cause distress.
Tag has an insensitively-written miscarriage subplot. |
| Video Games | Orwell is compelling fun and completely safe. |
| Books | Nothing new added. |
| Satire | Nothing new added. |
| Good IF Portrayals | Nothing new added. |
| Avoid list | Nothing new added. |
| Stand-up | Nothing new added. |
Please submit! Either here or by email to isfmdatabase@gmail.com. Thanks, friends.
Added in May:
| Category | Added |
| TV Shows | Killing Eve is safe (so far). |
| Movies | Deadpool 2 has a conversation about starting a family, otherwise safe. |
| Video Games | Far Cry 5 has one side mission with a pregnant woman/you getting her to her midwife. Otherwise completely safe. |
| Books | Nothing new added. |
| Satire | Nothing new added. |
| Good IF Portrayals | Nothing new added. |
| Avoid list | Nothing new added. |
| Stand-up | John Mulaney Kid Gorgeous – only one mention of not knowing if they want to have kids.
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife – a lot of jokes about motherhood and how hard it is (which may be difficult to hear). |
Added in April:
| Category | Added |
| TV Shows | Catastrophe – a great show but lots of babies shown/an accidental pregnancy between two strangers is the entire premise.
Specific episode triggers also added for Chicago Med, The Good Doctor, and The Resident. The Roseanne reboot has a surrogacy storyline. Splitting Up Together, while excellent, has a secondary character pursuing sperm donation/AI. |
| Movies | A Quiet Place – so worth seeing (LOVED it), but the lead actress is pregnant and gives birth/a newborn is shown. |
| Video Games | Oxenfree and Night in the Woods are both excellent and trigger-free. |
| Books | No new additions. |
| Satire | No new additions. |
| Good IF Portrayals | No new additions. |
| Avoid list | No new additions. |
| Stand-up | No new additions. |
