photo credit WSMV Three months ago, I woke up to the buzzing of news helicopters over my house. This is not a common phenomenon...

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I read a few articles recently about Americans and vacationing. Of the only 25% of Americans who have paid vacation days, they have an avera...

I feel like I am in the middle of a career-life-crisis. I am a mother to an almost-3-year-old, and a 9 month old. I am an OB/Gyn. And, I...

For a long time, I was not willing to take any time for myself. When I had a day off, I would keep the kids home and spend the day watching ...

Genmedmom here. Last week, on my usual Thursday off, I was on kids' dropoff and pickup duty, and I had a very difficult time with pick...

Editor's note: MiM contributor juliaink came across this blog post and thought it would make a good guest post here. The author was grac...

First of all, thank you for this amazing blog that provides me with so much inspiration. It's so nice to hear from other women at all st...

Last year, I spent a couple of months doubled over with post-prandial pain after dinner. We’re talking pain that would sometimes incapacitat...

Last week I got off early and took my 'lil bit with me to vote (aka "bote" according to her).  This is the second time in her ...

Hello fellow Mothers in Medicine! I am a senior resident in a medical subspecialty, about to graduate next year, and am in need of frank a...

...and my village includes a housecleaner, a nanny, a back-up part-time nanny for on-call days, an amazingly flexible husband who works from...

Dear MiMs, I have to start by saying that I love that this exists, and I truly appreciate every post on here. I'm a senior in college...

I really don't think incentivizing is a word, but you know what I mean. My daughter made it through the first quarter of middle school...

I love my iPhone.  I take it with me everywhere I go: into meetings, into patient rooms, into the bathroom. (I don't use it in the bathr...