Yeah Right

Curiosity got the best of me today. I was standing in line at the grocery store picking up some Stove Top stuffing to go with our BBQ chicken dinner and saw the Jennifer Lopez People magazine cover. There she was, looking all glamorous and made up, with her two adorable twins. I couldn't resist, I had to buy it. I had to see all the details of the babies and the nursery and hear all about the pregnancy and birth and blah, blah, blah. I know, I just get sucked in to that crap. I heard People magazine paid like $6 million for the pictures and story so it had to be juicy stuff, right?

First of all, the kids are cute. Not that it matters, but they are. The pictures are just so so. I mean, don't get me wrong, they're beautiful but how many mothers of one month old twins hang out around the house in an evening gown, full make up, an up-do and huge diamond earrings? I guess I would've liked to have seen a toned-down photo shoot ala Nicole Richie. The nursery is so gaudy. I don't think they could've fit one more ribbon or frill or crystal chandelier in the damn room. But again, it doesn't really matter. They are first time parents (well she is) and they are rich beyond belief so I guess if they want chandeliers in their nursery, so be it.

My problem with the article is the interview. Her pregnancy was sooo easy and she didn't have any cravings or any morning sickness yada, yada, yada. Really? You're pregnant with twins and you just woke up everyday feeling just as fierce as you did every other day of your life? Ok, whatever. And now their lives are so great and they don't sleep, they just stare at the babies until 6am. Ok. I understand you are enjoying your babies beyond belief but I find it hard, if you're really the one getting up and taking care of both of them, that you're just wide awake staring at them until six in the morning. I don't have kids but I know moms and I know that staying up until six in the morning just staring lovingly at your baby isn't quite realistic.

I think the thing that burned me up the most though is her description of how she got pregnant. She said in the article that they tried to get pregnant for three years. Ok, that sucks and I'm sure was very frustrating. But, she insists they never used fertility treatments. WHAT?! You mean to tell me that at 38 years old and after trying, unsuccessfully, for three years to get pregnant that you just miraculously got pregnant with twins on your own? I call BS on that one J.Lo. What a slap in the face to women going through fertility treatments. Why not just come out and say that she used fertility treatments? Why lie and make it seem like it was some natural, miraculous thing. She's basically saying that if you keep trying, even at almost 40, you too could get pregnant with twins. F-you Jenny from the block.

I guess it just pisses me off because someone with her level of fame could really bring a lot of exposure to the problem of infertility. It's dumb, but celebrities somehow have the power to get into Washington and meet with law makers and influence them to pay attention to certain issues. If Jennifer Lopez could get in with someone and pressure them to start making insurance companies recognize infertility as something they need to pay for, that could help a lot of women out there who will probably either go deep into debt to try to conceive a child or just end up childless because they have no insurance coverage to help them achieve their dream.

You know, I understand that infertility is embarrassing and hurtful but even if she didn't go into detail about her struggles and just admitted that she had help conceiving it would be a lot better. At least then she's not putting false hope into a bunch of women who are looking at her saying, "see she had children naturally and late in life, I can too". Shame on you Jennifer Lopez!