Netflix: A Pregnant Woman’s Dream

By MonicaBielanko | March 22nd, 2011 at 9:41 pm

Netflixl saved me!

If you’re pregnant and haven’t jumped on the Netflix bandwagon, get on it, girlfriend! It saved my life. It still does during those long breastfeeding sessions every three hours.

From about eight months along, I couldn’t sleep for nothing. I kept a small DVD player next to my bed and instead of tossing and turning, I’d turn on the latest DVD I ordered off Netflix.

It’s the only way to watch stuff like Breaking Bad or Mad Men as far as I’m concerned. How do people wait a whole week for a new episode? I just wait until they get about four seasons in and then I put ‘em all in my Netflix queue and have marathon viewing sessions. It’s how I watched Sopranos, The Wire and Weeds.

I guess a lot of folks are streaming Netflix now. As neither Serge or I are technically inclined we haven’t quite figured that out yet. We’re old fashioned folk who order our Netflix through snail mail. Either way, Netflix will save your sanity.

Each time my little son wakes up, I hit play on the DVD player and watch my latest DVDs while I breastfeed. I find myself hoping Henry takes a long time because I get all caught up in the movie.

That’s a switch, right? Hoping he takes a long time as opposed to wishing he’d hurry up so I can get back to bed.

Netflix, baby. The only way to breastfeed.

About the Author

Monica Bielanko and Serge Bielanko have been married for eight years. Along the way they have practiced and perfected the dark arts of couch dining, clandestine boozing, bambino wrangling, wide-open domestic warfare, and modern love. Monica writes all over Babble.com and, in addition to Babble Voices, is featured on Strollerderby, FameCrawler, and Toddler Times. She also regularly updates her personal blog, The Girl Who. If he's not on Babble Voices, Serge can be found over on Dadding and is King of the Corner over at his own blog, Thunder Pie.

0 thoughts on “Netflix: A Pregnant Woman’s Dream”

Carrie says:

March 23, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Agree! But you missed the best part about Netflix while pregnant. I rented a whole bunch of baby how-to dvds. There’s no point in buying them, you’ll never watch Happiest Baby on the Block more than once (or twice). My husband wouldn’t read any of the baby books, but sit for a 1/2 hour and watch a bringing baby home dvd was great. For breastfeeding there were a couple of good dvds and it’s really best to see how it’s done.

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Maria says:

March 23, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Not yet pregnant but already on the Netflix bandwagon. Starting early! My DVD queue: The Switch, The Back-Up Plan, The Kids Are Alright, Baby Mama, Life As We Know It… Notice the trend here? Pregnancy and unconventional parenting? Trying not to go crazy over trying to conceive, but I think my DVD choices are driving the hubby crazy. LOL. I think I’m going to blog about it here… http://www.preggyproject.com

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