<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post8405908813741073910..comments</id><updated>2009-01-10T23:23:19.811-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Mothers in Medicine: Getting in the sterile field</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/feeds/8405908813741073910/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html'/><author><name>KC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02114277144629595998</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8268811979579236418</id><published>2009-01-10T23:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T23:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you so much for sharing this story!I often w...</title><content type='html'>Thank you so much for sharing this story!&lt;BR/&gt;I often wonder if what I do has any impact on others, but in the end I always realize that that's not what's important. The reason we do kind things is just that. To be kind to others, and yes, most of the time we have no idea what impact our kindness has. It's so encouraging to hear that sometimes our kind actions have a more profound effect on someone than we could ever imagine.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/8268811979579236418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/8268811979579236418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1231647780000#c8268811979579236418' title=''/><author><name>Lisa</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-1576730693041817055</id><published>2009-01-01T21:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T21:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a moving story, and so well-written. My tears...</title><content type='html'>What a moving story, and so well-written. My tears are flowing!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/1576730693041817055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/1576730693041817055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230864960000#c1576730693041817055' title=''/><author><name>Coleen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04986546118872564246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-1160424629581416824</id><published>2009-01-01T16:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T16:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for your beautiful story.  Sometimes the...</title><content type='html'>Thank you for your beautiful story.  Sometimes the depth of a patient's sorrow makes me so sad that I wish I hadn't let the patient into my heart.  But at the end of the day, I know that it something very special that our patients let us walk beside them in these very difficult times in their lives...It makes me once again appreciate the challenging, heart-wrenching, humbling, often frustrating job of  being a physician and how blessed I am to have that duty.  Thank you for your story as an additional reminder of that blessing.  -OB Resident</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/1160424629581416824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/1160424629581416824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230846660000#c1160424629581416824' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-409042638198593990</id><published>2008-12-31T22:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-31T22:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh my gosh. That made me tear up. Thank you for sh...</title><content type='html'>Oh my gosh. That made me tear up. Thank you for sharing that.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/409042638198593990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/409042638198593990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230780540000#c409042638198593990' title=''/><author><name>Dragonfly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12759938692575603663</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-459256187270820110</id><published>2008-12-30T10:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-30T10:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a gorgeous story.  And beautifully written.  ...</title><content type='html'>What a gorgeous story.  And beautifully written.  Thank you</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/459256187270820110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/459256187270820110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230649500000#c459256187270820110' title=''/><author><name>The Mommy Doctor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-5743806738508281118</id><published>2008-12-28T13:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T13:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This was so perfect for Christmas Eve. Thanks for ...</title><content type='html'>This was so perfect for Christmas Eve. Thanks for sharing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/5743806738508281118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/5743806738508281118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230490560000#c5743806738508281118' title=''/><author><name>Spice Island Queen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03126571465841640755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09350909651510559006'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-4209778227869986025</id><published>2008-12-27T22:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T22:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What an amazing story. Years ago I too wrote a let...</title><content type='html'>What an amazing story. Years ago I too wrote a letter of condolences to a family that lost their 24 week preemie. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I often wonder if they got and how they are doing. I'm was so happy to hear that he came back and saw you! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The letters we write really do make a difference.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/4209778227869986025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/4209778227869986025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230434100000#c4209778227869986025' title=''/><author><name>Sheila @ Dr Cason.org</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01200591294638830903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09764126803064771051'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8027243932170452081</id><published>2008-12-27T09:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T09:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That is a profoundly beautiful story.  Thank you s...</title><content type='html'>That is a profoundly beautiful story.  Thank you so much for sharing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/8027243932170452081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/8027243932170452081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230389940000#c8027243932170452081' title=''/><author><name>Nurse Heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05701919857269926765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-434939273421458989</id><published>2008-12-27T01:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T01:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"in mind, I said to him: You just got in the steri...</title><content type='html'>"in mind, I said to him: You just got in the sterile field all over again."&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;*sniffles* Beautifully told.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/434939273421458989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/434939273421458989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230359700000#c434939273421458989' title=''/><author><name>Jess</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06348102905838587647</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-4812192052728703155</id><published>2008-12-25T21:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-25T21:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A very moving and profound story.  Thanks.</title><content type='html'>A very moving and profound story.  Thanks.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/4812192052728703155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/4812192052728703155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230260280000#c4812192052728703155' title=''/><author><name>Linda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18320406570402319806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-7221291143237122454</id><published>2008-12-24T15:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T15:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That is so beautiful.  We all hope to make that ki...</title><content type='html'>That is so beautiful.  We all hope to make that kind of impact on someone's life.  Thank you for sharing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/7221291143237122454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/7221291143237122454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230149940000#c7221291143237122454' title=''/><author><name>Fizzy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11989684741783903947</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11506081567952913414'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-7663983562897997686</id><published>2008-12-24T11:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T11:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>you made me cry, too. that is such a beautiful sto...</title><content type='html'>you made me cry, too. that is such a beautiful story.  thanks.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/7663983562897997686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/7663983562897997686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230135180000#c7663983562897997686' title=''/><author><name>Lizard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01718844284081950852</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-6681305858035057707</id><published>2008-12-24T10:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T10:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow, thanks for that beautiful story. That made me...</title><content type='html'>Wow, thanks for that beautiful story. That made me cry.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/6681305858035057707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/6681305858035057707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230134220000#c6681305858035057707' title=''/><author><name>MomTFH</name><uri>http://www.momstinfoilhat.wordpress.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-485211970887759672</id><published>2008-12-24T02:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T02:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That is the most beautiful and heartwarming thing ...</title><content type='html'>That is the most beautiful and heartwarming thing I have read in a very long time. We never know the difference we will make on someone.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/485211970887759672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/8405908813741073910/comments/default/485211970887759672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html?showComment=1230102060000#c485211970887759672' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04931944728963114472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/2008/12/getting-in-sterile-field.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919631102243889689.post-8405908813741073910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2919631102243889689/posts/default/8405908813741073910' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>