Awkward social worker at ob appt

pandaglitter · June 2013

So evidently normally the social worker comes to introduce herself and give pregnant women information at my hospital. So she came in today, introduced herself, and saw my husband. She then asks, "Oh is this a family friend?" I almost died. Normally you'd assume that a man in the room is the dad right?? I think she thought I was a teen mom and my husband was much older...well he is. But I mean he's 30, not 50. I think him being Korean and me being Hispanic also threw her off. It was a very awkward 15 minutes. Anyone else have awkward stories?

PixiesDust · June 2013

EmJ&B · June 2013

Wow, that's super awkward . . . points to you for not flipping out!

norbert5 · June 2013

Did she say anything else incredibly stupid while you were there?

Who brings an older male friend to an ob appointment with them?

pandaglitter · June 2013

norbert5:
Did she say anything else incredibly stupid while you were there?

Who brings an older male friend to an ob appointment with them?

Hahaha I know right? She just treated me like I was a super poor teen parent who had no idea about pregnancy. I just nodded and smiled and exchanged looks with my older male
friend. ;p

pandaglitter · June 2013

PixiesDust:

Kitty! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

pandaglitter · June 2013

EmJB:
Wow, that's super awkward . . . points to you for not flipping out!nbsp;

I sensed she was a moron, and cut her some slack lol.

ballygirl · June 2013

wow - super awkward!

sleepy33 · June 2013

That's just weird, do social workers really visit everyone in the hospital? Around here, they only visit you if there are some type of extenuating circumstances.

bionicb · June 2013

One came in to talk to me and it went fine, until the end when she tried to push WIC on me. WIC is public assistance for moms and babyskids similar to welfare. Uhm.. thanks. But I work full time, my FI is out of school and seriously job hunting, plus both families are able to help. I would really rather not go there. Since then like four different people keep pushing WIC on me and telling me I need to apply.

pandaglitter · June 2013

sleepy33:
That's just weird, do social workers really visit everyone in the hospital? Around here, they only visit you if there are some type of extenuating circumstances.

They visit all the OB patients at least once to give out information and resources at ours.

pandaglitter · June 2013

FutureMrsFugattLarson:
One came in to talk to me and it went fine, until the end when she tried to push WIC on me. WIC is public assistance for moms and babyskids similar to welfare. Uhm.. thanks. But I work full time, my FI is out of school and seriously job hunting, plus both families are able to help. I would really rather not go there. Since then like four different people keep pushing WIC on me and telling me I need to apply.

Thankfully they aren't too pushy. It was just awkward lol. Just because I look 16 doesn't mean I'm not a college graduate and an office manager.

sleepy33 · June 2013

pandaglitter:
sleepy33:
That's just weird, do social workers really visit everyone in the hospital? Around here, they only visit you if there are some type of extenuating circumstances.
They visit all the OB patients at least once to give out information and resources at ours.

Curious! I'm so curious to see if they do this at my hospital, too. It's probably not a bad idea. Around here, the only time they come around is if there's like suspected abuse/neglect or need for info about public programs. Like, one came to talk to my cousin once because her son accidentally took her anti-anxiety pill instead of his ADHD med.

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