I think I need to start watching Private Practice

I thought I was done blogging for the day.  I took a break to get some dinner and settled in to watch a little TV.  As I flipped through the channels (really digging this whole cable TV thing while staying at these conference hotels), I came across Private Practice. 


I remember reading on another blog that the main character, Addison,  has been undergoing fertility treatments, so I decided to check it out.  This was a really good episode for me to be introduced to the show with.  From what I could gather, this character has used donar sperm for IUI, had a failed IVF, and was unsuccessful with adoption.  Now she was interviewing surrogates.  At the end of the show she had a conversation with her partner, telling him she needed a break.


He asked her if she was quitting and she said no.  She said she is still going to have a baby, but she just needs SOMETHING else to focus on right now, ANYTHING else.  She needed to just "be" for a while.


I'm not where she is, because I'm trying to switch my focus from our cancelled IVF to our upcoming IUI and I really need to be hopeful about it, in order to get through it.  But I appreciate what the writers of this show are having this character do.  It was tastefully written and gives me comfort to know that taking a break for a while can be okay too if I find I need that some day.


After a few quick Google searches, it's looking like I should start watching Grey's Anatomy again too!  Apparently Meredith lost a pregnancy, then struggled to get pregnant again, and then adopted?  I might have to look for these shows on Netflix or Hulu or something to watch them from the beginning so I can get caught up, but it sounds like TV I can relate too!