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My life was decided on a kitchen table-just not by me. (opens the original)
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The Art of Not Resenting Your Husband in Postpartum (opens the original)
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I Searched for Stories of Doctors Who Paused Their Career for Motherhood. There Were None. (opens the original)
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I want to pause being a doctor. (Yeah I said it)Not a quick career break. A long pause till I feel ready to get back. A pause to just be a present mother for my little ones. And definitely 1 year of maternity break isn’t enough for me.But I was in doubt. Is it possible? To be able to practice after a long pause. I want to have proof that I can get back to practice after a 3-year break. So I searched for stories that proved what I want. The living proof.And there were none. There were stories of
I set boundaries without guilt for the first time. (opens the original)
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Recap of week 2:We came home, and for the first time, home actually felt safe. There was no routine with the baby — only rhythm. Feeding on his cues. Contact naps. Being present, not scheduled. My four-year-old was going through his own transitions too — new sibling, new school, sleeping without his mom — and I chose to stay present with him instead of letting guilt turn into anger, the way I used to. It wasn't easy for either of them. But we were slowly locking into each other's rhythms.<a clas
Home felt safe after a week at hospital (opens the original)
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Recap of week 1: I’m a second time c section mom. I had a long surgery and a nicu baby. I saw him after 3 days and held him after 5 days. Those 7 days left me changed in many ways. I learned to live with hope, uncertainty and patience. I felt it from the shoes of my patients.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ujB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F33197121-0844-4d
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