Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

Deep Cleaning

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I just called the dentist to schedule a follow-up appointment from my last visit about 6 weeks ago.

Apparently, they’d made a notation in my chart, because I was asked, “When is your due date?”

I stumbled a bit before saying, “I’m not pregnant, I had a miscarriage.” The poor receptionist fell all over herself trying to find the right words.  I told her it’s ok, she didn’t know.

I cried after hanging up. It was the first time since I first started miscarrying on July 4.

The deep cleaning is next week. At least there’s anesthesia for that.