tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post3346530576146238311..comments2009-08-06T22:09:30.048-04:00KChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02114277144629595998noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-82981932613672628032009-08-05T15:12:34.850-04:002009-08-05T15:12:34.850-04:00Hey There.<br /><br />I am a high school student looking quite forward to being a doctor, but i have mixed feelings.<br /><br />since i was in 6th grade, i have known that i was meant to be a doctor. i have a friendly &quot;charismatic&quot; personality (as my dad likes to tell me frequently), i enjoy children, love mysteries (puzzles, ect.), and i love love love to watch those shows on discovery health that everyone else in my family is too discusted to watch. okay, this may not make me a good doctor, but it&#39;s my dream, and i am one of those people who end up getting what they want. i always have been the type of person that if someone tells me i can&#39;t, i&#39;ll make sure that i can.<br /><br />but more than anything in the world, being a mother is my dream. i want to be a wife, and mother of many children. (many many children according to my mother- i want atleast 5 kids). i know this is possible reading your posts. i can be a mother and a doctor. but i also read some of your posts stating that you wouldn&#39;t recommend doing this, and if you had to do it all over again you wouldn&#39;t.<br /><br />although i have atleast five years before i would enter medical school, my whole life is based upon one day being a doctor. i am taking all advanced classes, including math and science (sigh). and if you MiM&#39;s don&#39;t think it&#39;s worth it, i&#39;m really not sure what i&#39;m going to do. <br /><br />i guess what i&#39;m really asking is: do you love it? do you think those excruciating years of medical school, residency, ect. were worth it for your life right now? are you there for your kids in the best possible way? or are you dreading going to work every single day because your going to miss your wonderful family?<br /><br />i have two dreams, and i know i could do them both; i just don&#39;t know how fufilling it would be to try to do &quot;everything&quot; so to speak. i want to have the relationship i currently have with my mother, with my kids. is this truly possible having a career in medicine?<br /><br /><br />p.s. (sorry i have to sneak this question in here) i know i have tons of time to truly figure this question out in med. school, but as you can tell in my post above that i&#39;m a planner, and i need to know these things ahead of time. I have in the past thought of being a pediatrician, but i really want to truly make a difference in someone&#39;s life -and i&#39;m not sure this is the way for me to do it. i am currently thinking of being an Ob/Gyn- the process of a growing child is just amazing, but i prefer the Ob part compared to the Gyn part. Do people do that? or is it pretty unheard of? <br />or is there any other specialty that would be a better fit for me?<br /><br />My interests include <br />1.children (preferably babies)<br />2. pregnancies<br />3. multiples (twins, triplets, etc)<br />4. psychology (the way the mind works- not really diseases or drug abuse)<br />5. &quot; &quot;(but i am interested in physical and emotional abuse and how it effects future dealings)<br /><br />sorry- one more question: i am thinking of having a psychology major in college (along with the typical pre-med classes). anybody do this? <br /><br />thank you and sorry for the very longgg question. i love all of your blogs and you really are helping me decide my future.Secret Redheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15865576052264097570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-42929744325077271432009-05-16T05:03:00.000-04:002009-05-16T05:03:00.000-04:00Sigh... I am a single mother and a PGY2 in a dysfunctional medicine program... I don't know how to take it some days. Feel so alone. Nice to read that some people are making it work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-34399245225919571192009-04-01T12:27:00.000-04:002009-04-01T12:27:00.000-04:00Dear Mothers in Medicine,<BR/><BR/>Your blog is one of my favorites. As a medical student in the states, I love hearing how is it possible to manage a medical practice with family. <BR/><BR/>I know your blog has a dedicated readership (of at least 1!) and I was wondering if you could help me out. My fiance and I are finalists for a free wedding at www.thenotwedding.blogspot.com and we would love some voting support for Kirby and David. It takes about 1 minute to type in the page and vote. Unfortunately, because I'm in school, and I don't regularly keep a blog, I can't campaign like many of the other contestants, and it's showing in the polls.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your help, I appreciate all you women share, I hope to join as soon as I become a Mother in Medicine...<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>Kirby MS3David and Kirbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02317923486429972405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-43868851865296926272008-10-13T13:07:00.000-04:002008-10-13T13:07:00.000-04:00HELP! I'm a surgery resident trying to get pregnant and am scared and need any advice I can get! My goal was to have a baby while out in the lab, but I'm not pregnant yet and set to return to residency as a PGY-4 in less than 9 months (ie, will be pregnant when I return if I actually GET pregnant any time soon).<BR/>This will NOT go over well with my program. There are so few female residents anyway and noone has been pregnant since the millenium, and I think my Program Director would lose his mind if I throw a pregnant PGY-4 into his equation.<BR/>Any tips on how to survive?Shelb MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05426766880304174783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-58623127247142422222008-07-09T20:09:00.000-04:002008-07-09T20:09:00.000-04:00ok, so maybe i am crazy. i have never blogged before, but am willing to give it a shot. i am a pediatrician, mother of 7 children, ages 1 to 18 years and a full time faculty member of an academic university. is that redundant? i really don't have time for this, but feel drawn to speak up on this life of ours. the life of Doctor Mom.<BR/> My father told me it would be too hard for me, that I shouldn't sacrifice so much or work so hard. i don't think he meant to be discouraging, he was just scared. still, if my brothers wanted to be the doctor of the family, they would've gotten hi fives and pats on the back too. luckily they are both lawyers, that leaves me, the official black sheep. <BR/> my kids are gems, i love every single one of them. my husband and i are like that, we just look at them and smile or sneak a shared giggle behind their backs when they act up, which is frequently enough. they aren't angels, but they are good. <BR/> what really breaks my heart is all the patients in my practice. they struggle with so much; poverty, singleness, young parents, joblessness. working in a large urban practice i see more than i'd like of child abuse, mental illness, addictions. i love all these families too, but my husband says i'm not allowed to bring any more children home. he can't take the stress.<BR/> i feel the biggest problem we women physicians face is lack of time. if i could only survive on 4 hours of sleep a night, i would be on top of everything. maybe? my bills are stacked sky high in my dining room, my living room is a mess again, the kids watch too much T.V. and we don't eat home cooked meals (unless my husband makes them!) well, i cried when i read the blog from the daughter of an OB/GYN, it made my decision to be a doctor ok too. I also have an 18 year old daughter going off to college, and i'm so proud of her.<BR/><BR/>p.s. - my baby just crawled on the dining room table to get my attention and kissed my left hand. <BR/>never forget, doctor moms, what life is really about! peace, <BR/><BR/>drmamamaria7drmamamaria7http://www.blogger.com/profile/10796773981628263389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-15370529921231931812008-06-19T11:03:00.000-04:002008-06-19T11:03:00.000-04:00It's too bad you can't include folks that aren't doctors. You might find that many people in different aspects of medicine have concerns similar to yours.Ivorynoreply@blogger.com