sammi says

When there's nothing else on TV I know I can always turn on TLC and have something mildly interesting, entertaining, shocking and even disgusting to watch. Not only will I have an hour long TV show to kill time, in most cases TLC will play hours and hours of my favorite shows back to back, like "What Not to Wear," "48 Hours: Mystery," "Say Yes to the Dress," or some creepy show on a rare medical deformity (Tree Man, Woman with Giant Legs, RIP Mermaid Girl, etc...) making for a perfect lazy Sunday.

Murder mysteries, fashion disasters, bridezillas and freaks of nature have nothing on TLC's latest hit show, "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant." The show tells the story's of women who as you may have guessed, didn't know they were pregnant until the moment they give birth. It's set up documentary style with interviews with the woman and her family and friends but the best part is the dramatic reenactments illustrating their tales. When I was a younger I loved when Seventeen Magazine would feature a story of some stupid sixteen year old who plopped out a baby in the toilet on prom night, this show is a thousand times better.

I know you're thinking what I thought at first, how stupid do you have to be to not know you are pregnant for nine months? While there are stories of girls who are just plain idiotic (i.e. a high schooler who took birth control off and on, too busy with her social life to realize she was missing her period, and all of a sudden popped out a baby and then did the exact same thing a year and a half later), most of the stories actually show that it is possible for some women to not see the signs of pregnancy. For instance, one woman missed her period, took a pregnancy test which came back negative, missed her period the following month and went to the doctor whose test came back negative, then had to deal with her grandmother's final battle with cancer which she assumed caused her weight gain and lack of a period due to stress. At least this chick had the brains to take a pregnancy test.

I saw an episode this past weekend which was quite the doozy. This woman was in her early forties, she and her husband never planned on having kids so when she started pre-menopause and her periods slowed down she thought it was ok to stop taking birth control. It wasn't a big deal when her period stopped coming altogether because she thought she was menopausal and was actually relieved she didn't have to deal with the hassle anymore. Nine months later she starts having horrible pains which she thinks is food poisoning so she goes to the hospital and while she's waiting to see the doctor she feels something fall out of her pants leg and says she felt instant relief. Can you guess what came out? The episode is titled "Is That a Baby In Your Pants," and I tried desperately to find a clip, but alas the internet has failed me. Next time you're bored flip on TLC and I guarantee you won't be disappointed.


UPDATE!!! Seriously, an hour after I post this Chelsea Handler spoke of the pants baby in her monologue. Here's the clip!