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I had Tivoed this from earlier and was just sitting down watching it and got so irritated I had to pause it and come post here. The show is about people who are having medical problems seeing doctors about it on the show.

Guest #2 is an annoying woman who is boo-hooing because she can't have a second child and she says something like "I'm tired of people looking at me like I'm a freak because I want a second child when those people don't even know if they want kids or not and end up pregnant."

The husband is fed up, it looks like they've spent a ton of money on invitro, artificial imsemination, etc. Their first daughter was conceived with the aid of fertility drugs.

I'm sorry but I don't feel sorry for this woman. Her husband is fed up with her and he doesn't really care if they have another child or not. He says the only time she's ever interested in sex is around the time she is ovulating. She really wants the second child right away because she wants her children to be close in age. She seems so selfish and self centered and acts as if she won't be happy unless her life falls into place exactly as she imagined it when she was growing up. This woman just doesn't seem to understand that just because we want something doesn't mean that it is automatically going to happen for us no matter how hard we try. I'm interested in seeing what Dr. Phil tells her! I wonder if he'll bring up the subject of adoption. This woman doesn't seem like she'd be very receptive to raising a child that is "not hers."

Did anyone else get the chance to see the show? If so, what are your thoughts?

I saw that and was completely annoyed by the woman. I would be more inclined to fee sympathy for her had she not already had one child. But she doesn't seem to care that she may lose her marriage in her quest for a second child. She seemed petulant and difficult and too caught up in an idea she had for her life rather than the reality of her life.

I really don't understand people like this. If you already have one child but now you're infertile, WHY do you need another?

I think they want it because they can't have it.

She should also be grateful for the child she already has and spend her money and energy that she's throwing at this on raising her daughter and having fun with her! Not everyone apparently conceives even a first child with fertility drugs and she has so another reason to be grateful. Geez!

I think lngilbert probably hit the nail right on the head. It is frustrating when you want something and can't have it no matter how hard you try, but at some point you have to act like an adult and realize that it just wasn't in the cards for you.

And I, too, would like to have heard her response to the idea of adoption. Probably shot down in flames. Sad, because there's a lot of kids out there who need a home.