Health insurer has forgetful mom’s back

This could be the mother of all mom-brain moments.

A Minnesota woman relays in a TikTok video that has gone viral: she had been celebrating her son’s birthday on a wrong day — for two years — an oopsy she discovered when her pediatrician informed her that her health insurer wouldn’t cover a visit.

As the mom of four relayed to Fox News, Emily Vondrachek recently brought her 3-year-old, Henry, to a pediatrician’s office visit. Soon after, the receptionist called saying the insurance company wouldn’t cover the visit since the birthdate they had on file for Henry did not match the one on file with the doctor’s office.

"Insurance companies don’t have that stuff wrong. They get it right from the state," Ms. Vondrachek said in the news report. "I said, ‘Before I make a fool of myself, let me look back just to make sure.’"

Instead of "digging" for Henry’s birth certificate, she scrolled back in her social media and noticed that for the past two years she and her family had shared photos on Feb. 26 in celebration of Henry’s birthday. Scrolling further back to his birth announcement, to her embarrassment — confirmed by her insurer’s data — Henry had been born on Feb. 25. 

The lesson? Don’t be too hard on yourselves, moms everywhere.

"Here’s a little story to allow all the moms of little ones out there to maybe feel a little better about yourselves," she said in her TikTok video. "Here’s a real confidence boost for you, OK? Not for me."