DoctorMama

On the final leg of our epic journey home, I was forced to answer the dreaded call for A Doctor On The Plane. And I do mean forced, because ...

1. If you were planning a vacation on honor of your own 60th birthday and taking along your extended family, including two toddlers, woul...

I would love to be able to take a drug that would prevent me from ever being smug. A Smug Drug. I loathe it when I catch myself feeling that...

All is cool in the DM household, including AngelBaby. And even in the throes of fever, he was cool enough to insist on trying on his new sun...

AngelBaby reached a new record last night: 106 degrees. We were expecting seizures or something, but he just sat quietly and ate tomatoes. T...

I had my shoulder injected today, to treat biceps tendonitis brought on by hauling around the World’s Clingiest Toddler. I was a little nerv...

4 Jobs I've Had I've had so many jobs in my life that I can think of twenty while hardly trying. I guess I'll list 4 Jobs for Wh...

Lesson 6: Remember to Read the Fine Print The night before the marathon, I finally sat down with the information that had been mailed to me...

Lesson 3: It’s Not a Great Idea to Run on a Belly Full of Cheese Fries, but It’s Not Impossible Despite my misgivings, training for the mar...

I managed to reach my twelfth year of running without every entering so much as a local road race. This was partly due to the fact that I do...

A little while ago I made a promise that I'm going to break. I am not going back to the fertility clinic. No more tests. I'm do...

I was sorely, sorely tested this weekend. Please note that I said I "will do my best to be as positive, helpful, and ungrumpy as I ca...

My colleague who announced her pregnancy last month had an ultrasound that revealed no heartbeat. She's scheduled for a D&E next we...

Before I became a mother, I assumed that once I had a baby, I would be magically inducted into the Motherhood Club, complete with ID badge, ...

A friend mentioned to me recently that she's thought about going to medical school, but believes she wouldn't have the necessary bed...