Let's bring the boys to the wedding, we said. It will be fun, we said. We were so cocky. Bean had been to several weddings and l...

Children are expensive. So is medical school. Children take up a lot of time. So does medical school. Unfortunately time and money are two t...

Now how's this for stereotyping: Sometimes when I drop my youngest off at school, I've seen another mother dropping off her daught...

Genmedmom here. I could not have imagined going anywhere but the OB/GYN office down the hall from mine. My lovely OB was a clinical instru...

I retired my personal blog a couple of years ago, but at one point, it was a very big part of my life . The importance of capturing the deta...

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...