Hello Mothers in Medicine! I'm a 41 year old mom of two kids, ages 13 and 10.  About 3 years ago I thought, ok... it's time to start...

I needed to meet with a team to grade their students and had set up a time to meet them in their team room. This is one of the best team roo...

My program has survived a ridiculous and trying week of great loss.  Sunday, our former Chairman, a giant in the field of surgery, died.  Hi...

Last summer I was picking vacation And I vowed there would be no staycation I would travel far and wide To have friends and family by my ...

In less than 2 weeks I will be a Senior Resident. I cannot believe how far I have come. At a social event to welcome the Incoming Interns...

Hello, I'm a single mom of three who will be starting a combined IM/Reseach residency in July.  For all of the MiMs, how do you/di...

I read an article today about having a single child household by choice. Apparently, every child you have adds 120 hours of housework year...

This post was inspired by one I just read from Genmedmom, on her own blog.  It is called Falling off the Work/Life Balance Beam, you can rea...

I've followed this blog for many years and I desperately need help. I recently had to take 1 year off from residency due to medical issu...

It's time to get a job. As someone who is far more comfortable when a plan is in place, I feel almost suffocated by the decision needi...

Mother's Day this year was my favorite one to date. It involved working for 7 hours at the hospital, so maybe my expectations were low t...

Dear MiM, I am so grateful that I have come across this community. I have now spent many, many hours putting my 20m old to sleep and then ly...

First I want to tell you all how grateful I am to have found your site.  I now check it regularly and see it as my "lifeline" to o...

Hello, I've stumbled across this page from time to time and have found it very supportive and informative. I am a soon-to-be graduating ...

Yesterday I got coverage to go to my kid's school to bring birthday treats - they are celebrating Summer birthdays before the end of the...