all clear
for those of you dying to know, my cervix is closed and i am infection- and fibroid-free. i have the all clear to try again as soon as i've had a period. i did not emit any potentially embarrassing substances on my ob's hand while he examined me. and my ob is also a fan of "middlesex", the book i am re-reading at the moment so i can discuss it with justin, who just read it, since i have forgotten many of the details.
strangely, discussing fictional characters with rare gender disorders and non-traditional genitalia with one's ob while said ob is feeling one up makes the whole process less disconcerting.
i also poured out my therapist frustrations to him, and his secretary has already called me back this morning with the number of the ob/gyn department's social worker, who wants to talk to me more specifically to help me find the right person.
it's overcast, but it's not raining today. i think it's a sign.
strangely, discussing fictional characters with rare gender disorders and non-traditional genitalia with one's ob while said ob is feeling one up makes the whole process less disconcerting.
i also poured out my therapist frustrations to him, and his secretary has already called me back this morning with the number of the ob/gyn department's social worker, who wants to talk to me more specifically to help me find the right person.
it's overcast, but it's not raining today. i think it's a sign.
posted by laura at 9:21 AM
7 Comments:
Good news on the all-clear front. The discussion with your ob would be weird - don't know that I'd have been able to discuss it with a straight face. Not that he'd be looking at my face of course.
Also, I hope you find success with the ob/gyn dept social worker -- they may have someone with the perfect credentials that no one else may know about.
Yeah, my RE and I talked about baseball yesterday.
I'm glad your doctor has a social worker. My OB does too - actually one of the nurses who has a Ph.D. in child bereavement or something like that.
My RE's nurse helped write a book called 'Miscarriage After Infertility.' Even though that's not the case with either of us, it talks about the feelings of frustration, particularly for those of us at a certain age. It's a quick read; look for it if you wish.
Cory (who is an exceptionally slow reader) has been working on a non-fiction book called "mutants" for the last year. I often ask him, "How can you read that now?".
I couldn't put Middlesex down, but then I get really excited to read books by Greek people. But I loved that book.
I hope the social worker is savvy enough for you, and not a walking cliche.
I think those are all positive signs! Nothing like having a discussion with yur OB while his hand his jammed as far as it will go up your hoo-ha, while both of you pretend there is absolutely nothing strange about the situation at all. Ahh, the things we do for our children...
Now I must read 'Middlesex.' I was going to pick it up when it first came out, but I seem to remember that it's like 700 pages long and when I see books like that I don't want to read them because my attention span isn't that long and I'm too easily seduced by other books in the meantime. But I'll try.
Glad everything is A-OK and that you got the green light to try again. Hope the grey skies clear up soon, in all ways. :)
too cool that they hooked you up with someone who can try to help. good luck!
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