Baby Mama is supposed to make you laugh, but that depends on how raw your own emotions are about the subject of conceiving a child. But let’s assume that if anyone can make you smile over fertility issues, perhaps it is Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Yet Baby Mama is only the beginning of Hollywood’s attempt to address the growing number of women who face fertility challenges and struggle to conceive a child. Miss Conception, with Heather Graham, is coming up next. If you haven’t heard, Graham will play a 33-year-old with a family history of early menopause who panics when the alarm sounds on her ticking biological clock, ringing in tones that only she can hear.

After that, you can look for Helen Hunt to play a 39-year-old woman in Then She Found Me, the story of a fertility patient connecting with her own birth mother at the time of her adoptive mother’s death. At least this movie comes with an all-star cast, that in addition to Hunt includes Bette Middler, Matthew Broderick, and Colin Firth.

And Jennifer Tilly and Andie McDowell will play a couple in Inconceivable, an indie film that deals with how infertility affects both gay and straight couples.

If you read my post-Mother’s Day blog, “Infertility and a Reason to Ignore Mother’s Day” then you already know that I think Hollywood may make hit movies but it doesn’t necessarily speak to the heartbeat of issues. Producing a movie that brings tears to the eyes of people who are not facing the life challenge of infertility themselves, is a far cry from accurately and honorably addressing an issue in a way that resonates truthfully to the women who know infertility firsthand.

Time will tell if these movie producers “get it” or if Hollywood is just looking for ways to cash in on a pervasive and emotional issue.

Please post your comments. Have you seen Baby Mama or did you pass it up? Is Hollywood helping or perpetuating myths about the challenges of infertility? What do you think about these movies and their ability to deliver a meaningful message on the subject?