I can actually see what she means about the miscarriage scene; not that there's anything inherently amusing about the situation but the desperately over the top way it was telegraphed in advance including

CLOSE-UP. Soap lurks in sinister way under bath.
CLOSE-UP Countess stands up in bath.

CUT TO: Expression of Dawning Realisation and Horror (TM) on O'Brien's face.

OBRIEN: No, m'lady. Don't -

[OFFSCREEN] Shriek. Thud.

really is so very, very self-parodic.