There are only three things in this world that are certain: death, taxes, and babies. Nobody knows this truth better than Emily McCoy, a t...

Now that I am not on call, all day, every day, I have found there is a certain behavioral pattern emerging on my call days. Something simila...

At its very worst, that is how it feels. Like two nights ago, while lying in bed with CindyLou, who was bubbling away about her class Chris...

Tempeh writes: Still, I hate to generalize, but I've met far more "toxic" docs in OB/GYN than in other specialties. I always f...

CindyLou, believe it or not, is now 7 (going on 13) and Bean just turned 4 (!). In the days of old, when Mr. Whoo and I were uninitiated to ...

Do you remember when you were younger and you just couldn't wait for the next birthday? (or holiday? or summer? or Christmas?) My dad us...

*Editor's note: In the spirit of partner guest posts , this post was written by the husband of dr. whoo. I’m not sure I am worthy of t...

I come from the generation of women who were raised from a very young age to believe that they can be and do it all. College, career, friend...

My blogging started off way back in July of 2006. I began blogging for a number of reasons, the first being that one of my good friends had ...

I sat with my patient, a new mother, in the examination room. She was there for her first post-partum visit and we were discussing the event...

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it has already been another year! Did you know that MiM was born under the sign of "Gemini,...

Although the dialogue is less technical, the day to day grind finds me saying many of the same things to my wonderful family. Here are a fe...

One thing that I love about my job is that it is ever-changing, and there are no two days that are exactly the same. That being said, I have...

I have met several women who have completed residency and maybe even practiced beyond that, but decide to quit and stay at home with kids. I...

(*Leah lucked out and had 2 MiM writing in response to her question!) Leah recently earned a PhD in Immunology and is married to a 4th yea...

Great timing for Q&A week! I just found out last week that I'll be a new mom in November, making me an official mother in medicine! ...

Sometimes I wonder, as a person who has very few "girlfriends" and who tends to gravitate more toward men for friendship, how I en...

I am jealous of my husband. There, I said it. A little over a year ago, when our lives were too chaotic to manage with both of us working ...

5:30 am - Alarm goes off. 5:35 am - Alarm goes off again. Unconsciously turn the alarm all the way off, turn over, and snuggle the sweet 2 y...

After years of unhealthy living, midnight grilled cheese sandwiches with fries because I "deserved it" for working so hard, no exe...