• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 12, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 13.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Unique pregnancy stories are informative but sensational.

Why We Rated This for Ages 13–15

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  The series is both educational and sensational. It demystifies the pregnancy process, but it also focuses on edge-case scenarios that are very much outside the norm.
• Role models:

  Some of the featured women are portrayed as being woefully uninformed about pregnancy symptoms, and many are young and/or unmarried. But many of the stories also feature good Samaritans who step in to help. And women from a variety of socio-economic and racial/ethnic backgrounds are featured.
• Violence:

  Some of the labor/delivery reenactments feature women screaming in pain, lots of blood, and witnesses in a panic. Babies fall to the floor or into toilets when delivered; they're shown covered in blood and afterbirth and struggling to breathe. Many of the women are also in dire need of medical attention after they deliver.
• Sex:

  There's no explicit discussion of sex, but there's lots of talk about contraception and the different ways that it can fail. Women are often shown pulling their pants off to deliver or taking their shirts off to cover the newborn, but there's no nudity.
• Language:

  Not an issue.
• Consumerism:

  Not an issue.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Alcohol, drugs, and smoking are discussed as they relate to the health of the baby/fetus. Some mothers-to-be drink and smoke without the knowledge that they're pregnant.

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