My non-physician husband and I have a wanderlust that is not well satisfied due to the constraints of my job. We would love to live abroad w...

My morning before I even get to work: --Wake up (duh) --Shower --Get dressed (OK, nothing remarkable yet) --Breast pump ~20 minutes --...

After my last post, my husband still refuses to believe doctors/residents get chastised for calling in sick. Help me out. Tell me your WO...

I'm a PGY3 resident and my one year old baby has her first cold. I'm sick too. She's congested and can't sleep for more than...

I am so, so thankful to be pregnant, and that it’s been another uneventful pregnancy (knock on wood). I am grateful for all the family hel...

I knew something was wrong. I knew I was a little more wound up than I should be, but I figured it was normal and that I should just keep p...

On a TV show I was recently watching, two of the characters engage in a yearly event called Treat Yourself (or Treat Yo Self). Basically, th...

At the end of each chapter of "I Don't Know How She Does It" (my new most quotable book, even though I didn't actually lik...

Snapshot. Here is my daughter, Cecelia (oops- Ce-Silly). Eight years old. Dark brown shoulder-length hair, chocolate brown eyes, and olive...

It was 3 a.m. on a Saturday night, midway through my intern year, when the impact of pregnancy loss first slapped me in the face. As inte...

I recently finished "I Don't Know How She Does It" by Allison Pearson, about an investment banker trying to juggle motherhood ...

Of all my family members, the one I'm probably most like is my grandmother on my father's side. Unfortunately, I wasn't that cl...

Today I had one of those unexpectedly gut-wrenching experiences, as I was waiting for the elevator on one of the medical floors, the one t...

I’ve been away for a while now, birthing, or perhaps mid-wifing, two books. For me, editing seeps into writing and rewriting for others, to ...

Writing this post, I am sitting in a luxurious hotel room half a continent away from home. Well, actually, this city was home for six years...