Author: albatearoa

I blog about infertility at koruandthistle.com.

October update

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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.

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July update

Posted on by albatearoa

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.

May update

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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).

 

April update

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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.

March update

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Added in March:

Category Added
TV Shows Frasier – S11 miracle baby despite MFI.

The new TV show Living Biblically has a pregnant lead.
Movies Game Night – apparently this new film’s main characters are struggling to conceive because of “stress”, and manage it at the end when the film plot has resolved.

iZombie – safe apart from one line regarding the lead character’s infertility (S2) – but hey, she is dead after all.

You’ve Got Mail – one throwaway line about “having eggs harvested”.

The Secret Life of Pets – safe, as is Moana.

By the Sea – the couple are miserable and it is revealed that she is unable to have children and has had miscarriages. The main female lead tries to break up a happy couple due to pregnancy.

I rewatched The Crazies recently and it’s still great, but yes, the lead is preggers.
Video Games That Dragon Cancer – video game about the death of a baby [also added to avoid].
Books Little Women added
Satire Nothing new added
Good IF Portrayals Nothing new added
Stand-up Nothing new added

As always, submissions can be made here, or by emailing isfmdatabase@gmail.com.

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Tinyletter and update posts

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Hi there, sucks to see you here.

Just a tiny page update. I’ve added a tinyletter to this database site, so sign up to that here if you wish to get a monthly email when things get added to the site.

I’ll also add an update to this homepage once a month, too, so you know what’s new. Don’t want to bombard you on either front.

Hope you’re okay, hang in there.