Mothers

Check out this great story on the origins of Mother's Day over at Are We There Yet?  It made me feel better about the whole thing, anyway.

Speaking of moms, mine called a few weeks ago to announce that she needed to have (drum roll please) a sonohystogram!  "Heh" I replied.  "I can tell you ALL about that!" 

"I know" she said.  "That's why I'm calling."

So she had it done and lucky her, she has a normal cervix and they didn't have any trouble getting the catheter in at all.  So much for my expert advice.  ("Tell them to bend it like a hockey stick!")  And because the doctor (!) did her procedure, she got her results right away.  She has two polyps.  She needs to have hysteroscopy.

So now we know where THAT came from.

She laughed when she told me about the diagnosis.  "I can't make any of this (meaning infertility) easier for you, baby.  But I can know a little of what you're going through!" she said.  I told her she was the coolest IVF mom around and that I hoped she didn't get an infection or become allergic to her antibiotics. 

Honestly, I'm not glad my mom has polyps and has to have surgery.  But it makes me want to cry in the very best way that she's so excited to be going through all this testing and yuck just to be able to empathize with me more.  I know she'd have a baby for me tomorrow if she could.  She'd do IVF for me in a heartbeat.  The fact that she can't breaks her heart.  But she can do this and has to anyway.  She's making everything better just by being in that space with me.  If you have to do something scary, it's always good to have your mom along for the ride.   

Comments

[andrea_jennine]

You have such a great relationship with your mom; I love hearing about it!

[jesspond]

Your mom rocks the house!!

[TeamWinks]

I was so surprised to learn the creator of Mother's Day actually was not a mother. I'm not sure why I always made that assumption. I'm glad it helped.

[OvaGirl]

Yeah she sounds fantastic. Thinking of you. I'm pretty shitted off (on your behalf) to hear Sammy Stalker can just borrow a book whenever he likes though. I hope that he gets bored and leaves you all alone and goes back to tying frogs to firecrackers or however he likes to get his jollies.

xx

(Although, not really because I like frogs.)

[Mel]

I think this is probably my fave post in a long time. Your mom is so sweet... My mom told me about 5 yrs ago that she didn't know what to say, and wished I wouldn't talk about it anymore... because she couldn't do anything, and she didn't know what to do... broke my heart, but I understood.

Your mom is a superhero. :)