Last week, I was pleasantly surprised to see Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, featured in The New Yorker . Considering her TEDWomen tal k ...

Mothers in Medicine: I just stumbled upon your blog in my quest for information about later careers in medicine.  I have been considerin...

Sorry I have been incommunicado, but I am taking my Step II CK tomorrow. Wish me luck.

When you announce on the internet that you're nursing your baby and need advice, women are only too happy to give it to you. However, I...

Twice a day, during my typical 5am - 7pm style day, I sneak away to the bathroom with a little sealed packet.  In that little packet is a sm...

A couple of weeks ago, the kids and I went to Florida with some friends. It was an amazing trip. I didn't get to do a vacation with th...

I was recently on the phone with a friend of mine who is 40 weeks pregnant. (My husband has dubbed 2011 "The Year of the Baby" be...

by FreshMD | Martina Scholtens When Ilia was a few weeks old, Pete asked, and said it so casually from the couch where he was reading afte...

First of all, for any of you who decided to read this post because you thought it might be a follow-on to the discussions about whether it...

There are some wonderful people that will pass through your life and when they leave it is very difficult to go on at times. Holidays, ...

I walked in and out of his room repeatedly during my 30 hour shift, he was the one I was worried about.  It was the same room where, on my f...

May 13, 2011 started out like most of my Fridays, with a 5 am jaunt to the YMCA for masters swim class. As I was nearing the end of my worko...

One morning last week, I was standing at the mirror in the gym locker room getting ready for the day. In the corner of my eye I saw a person...

I'm not a psychiatry resident, but I have two female friends/acquaintences in psychiatry residency at two different programs who are bot...

Hi, I’m so glad to find this group! I’m starting GI fellowship in 10 days and trying to figure out a pumping plan. My husband (a surgeon) a...