Yesterday I was in a lot of pain and was playing double duty at work. A few months ago I was moved from dental assistant to assistant office manager at work but yesterday an assistant was home sick with the flu and so I was asked to wear scrubs and step in when needed. The hygienist was running behind so I was asked to hop in and polish and floss a patient's teeth. This patient was due any second now and so we connected over being a mom. This was her 3rd and she was telling me with her first she tried for 13 months but her last 2 were super fast so I kinda gave her the Reader's Digest version of everything going on and she was like "at least you have your daughter I remember when I was trying for my first when ever someone would bring up being a mom in church I would walk out because it hurt too much" I have thought lots about that before. I am glad and grateful that I at least have my princess with out her I think that this whole trying thing would be way too hard on me! I have no idea how others do it and feel a huge respect for them!
We also discussed how we are both spoilers who don't let our kids cry it out. We had the same thoughts and very similar stories when we tried it with our daughters. We both feel that they are only that small once and we want to soak up every second of it, so we rock until they are too big and then snuggle or rub their backs until they fall asleep. Both our husbands sound like they have very similar attitudes by saying, "What every you feel is best for you, the baby and our family is ok with me" I loved that we were random strangers yet could talk to each other like we had been friends for years all because we were moms. Our conversation was short, but it was what I needed to lift my spirits on a painful day.
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