Since my husband and son left town for a family event, I spent the entire past 2 days alone with my 7 year old daughter. It's been amazi...

In the last couple of weeks, my son has been learning to identify colors. Mama and Dada are bursting with pride that he's so verbal and...

I’m nesting. No, I’m not pregnant, and I’m not sure when it started exactly, but with the start of residency looming and more free time ...

I recently put together a panel for the AAMC Continuum Connections conference (a joint meeting of student affairs, GME, medical students, an...

While on a walk around a lake on a beautiful day with my newborn baby in the stroller, my dog, my husband, and my parents, we ran into one o...

Life is going pretty great for Team Kicks. Baby is almost 4 months old and is a complete joy. He has a sweet easygoing temperament and *usu...

What was the worst thing anyone has ever said to you? I found the answer to that today. It was an eventful weekend. It's been about 2 ...

Dear Mothers in Medicine, I've been following your blog for a couple of years now, and every single post has worked for me as an inspi...

This is a topic that I'm sure other moms with only one kid can relate to--it's the never ending questions of why haven't you had...

I have been tired since May 2015. I am so, so tired. But the sleep deprivation proved to be worth it today. You see, today was Match Day. T...

Hi there! I am currently a MS3, married to an amazing husband for the past three years, and strongly considering pathology. We would like ...

Children are expensive. So is medical school. Children take up a lot of time. So does medical school. Unfortunately time and money are two t...

I am three weeks into being an attending and I am writing this to all of those starting intern year (like I was when I started reading this ...

I had my 90-day evaluation in my new position today. I left the clinic I was working in, one overrun by burnout and toxic management, in or...

Do you ever feel like your life is like a TV show, but not in a good way? More like a Seinfeld kind of way, when all you can do to keep fro...

Our little man will hopefully make his appearance (hopefully in a much shorter and less painful way!) in the next few weeks… I hit 37 weeks...

Hi, I've been a lurker on the Mothers in Medicine blog for awhile, and let me just say, the stories and posts have been so comforting ...

I hope things get better. At least that is what I tell myself everyday as I leave my house at the crack of dawn to get to work, barely havin...

1. That tired drinking out of a firehose analogy...unfortunately true. I remember being appalled when I read that med students study multipl...