A Love Letter to my Breast Pump* When we accidentally met many years ago, I had no idea how our relationship would become such a centra...

When KC put out a call for contributors over a year ago, I barely hesitated to respond. MiM was such a refuge for me as I navigated new mot...

I’m sure you’ve heard Sheryl Sandberg's advice to women, "Don't Leave Before You Leave". Well, several years ago, I faced...

It’s kind of hard to say goodbye to hormonal birth control when it’s been so good to you for so long. I started taking the pill as a teenag...

Genmedmom here. I suspect that I'm like most docs, when I say it takes alot to gross me out. And I wouldn't say that I'm me...

Hello MiM community, It has been awhile since my last blog post. I graduated residency in June and I am currently in month 3 (where has th...

Before we had our baby 11 months ago I couldn’t really imagine how much I could love this little creature.  He is a delightful ball of light...

A long overdue introduction! This is a post I wrote right before starting internship, but I am just now posting. I thought about updating th...

A biopsy (FNA, not core) of  some recent parenting moments. I have three children, ages 8, 8, and 2. My 8 year olds (girl/boy twins) ar...

I didn’t want to do it again, but here I go retaking my Pediatric Boards. I can list all of the reasons why I was unsuccessful at my first a...

My youngest is starting kindergarten in the fall. And I kinda sorta want to have a third child. I currently have two girls, who are absolu...

I worked out for thirteen minutes today. That's right, thirteen. Not because I'm on some kind of a short-duration, high-intensity wo...

Another work post from the burn unit, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi. I want to tell you about dressing change days, and interjec...

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 ...

Late last night past whatever passes for bedtime in the summer, tween daughter showed me the abrasion on her knee sustained while swimming e...