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Hi all... I haven't posted here in eons, but I want to let everyone know that I had my baby Genevieve Oct 29, and she's doing very well! Thanks for posting the stork alert, Kris. I won't be posting all that often for a while but once I get back to work I probably can (that doesn't sound good about my work habits but it's also because I'll have a fast computer again instead of our home clunker). It's a whole new world taking care of two kids instead of just one! Galen (3.5 years old) truly seems to love the baby and want to help take care of her, but doesn't have any less needs just because she's around. I don't know how some of you with more kids do it! You are all very impressive.
A little doctor story you can all appreciate: Genevieve came a week early, while my husband Tom was still on his PICU rotation (he's a peds R2). A few more days and he'd be on a reading month! But as it was he was postcall when I went into labor (fell asleep in the LDR room as soon as I got an epidural and stopped moaning so much)and had one last night of call the day after she was born. They have no alternate system, and it didn't seem to occur to anyone that they ought to relieve him of call duty for the occaision. As a matter of fact, after he came in to the hospital, visited us in our room and then went up to his floor for the day's work, they all congratulated him then handed him two patients to present at rounds that day! Many of the attendings and residents came to visit me and were very happy for us and supportive, but it just didn't seem to occur to most of them to lighten up on Tom because of this momentous event in his life. So he was on call that night, came and visited us in our room between admissions, and we all went home together the next day. And peds is one of the most family-friendly specialties there are. Anyone want to tell me some post-partum doctor stories from specialties like surgery?
Kaaren
A little doctor story you can all appreciate: Genevieve came a week early, while my husband Tom was still on his PICU rotation (he's a peds R2). A few more days and he'd be on a reading month! But as it was he was postcall when I went into labor (fell asleep in the LDR room as soon as I got an epidural and stopped moaning so much)and had one last night of call the day after she was born. They have no alternate system, and it didn't seem to occur to anyone that they ought to relieve him of call duty for the occaision. As a matter of fact, after he came in to the hospital, visited us in our room and then went up to his floor for the day's work, they all congratulated him then handed him two patients to present at rounds that day! Many of the attendings and residents came to visit me and were very happy for us and supportive, but it just didn't seem to occur to most of them to lighten up on Tom because of this momentous event in his life. So he was on call that night, came and visited us in our room between admissions, and we all went home together the next day. And peds is one of the most family-friendly specialties there are. Anyone want to tell me some post-partum doctor stories from specialties like surgery?
Kaaren