Starting to like Peds!

So, after a few weeks on this peds rotation I have started to actually like it. Maybe it is because of all the babies I see! Their well child visits are so fun! Hmm...this decision on what to do with my life is getting hard!

I just read this birth story, which is great: http://lumpsandwoozles.blogspot.com/2010/06/logan-james.html.

HOWEVER..at the very end she says " Turns out also that he wasn't an OB/GYN he was a DO...". Come on..DOs are doctors and can be whatever they want. How do people not get this? I try not to let it bother me..but it does! We need more DO advocacy or something out there!

NICU?

Right now I am on peds rotation..the first few days made me decide it was not for me. Although, this week I did two days inpatient, which was really fun, and two days in the NICU. I love the NICU and I got to see births from a different side. The NICU is sad though and hard. Today, I got to watch a birth in which the mother had no epidural and it was so nice. The mom was fantastic and baby was great..well not exactly. She started bradying down and starting grunting and retracting..the nurses freaked out about it. I think she was fine and just needed time (and two of the NICU nurses agreed with me and told me they were embarrassed that the neonatologist was even called about it). I understand why they freaked out but if you are giving her oxygen and watching her you don't need to freak out about it..all her other stats were fine! Hmm...

Ahh nothing like Vacation

So, today is the last day of my vacation! How Sad! I start pediatrics tomorrow. It is the rotation that might change all my plans so I am kind of excited/worried about it! I should be studying right now but instead I am working on a presentation for education day at my hospital site. I am doing it on a patient I saw a few months ago and further going onto discussing a few derm things like erythema multiforma, pemphigus vulgaris, TEN, etc. I think it will be good board prep stuff (hopefully!). However, I have procrastinated on this and am to turn it in by tomorrow..blah.

no more ob...sad!

I have finished yet another rotation! One more rotation (peds) and I will be a forth year! This is exciting news! I am so slammed right now with things to do I can't even think about it. I am studying for boards (aug 23rd!), planning a wedding and planning my next year. I also am working on my application for residencies. I need to get working on my personal statement but have my cv done at least!

Can I just say that my OB/GYN rotation was once again great! My preceptor is just amazing. We had a long convo about other docs in the area and how the practice...he likes to make comments like if you were with so and so they would have done a c-section or an exploratory lap etc. Then we would talk about why he doesn't do that stuff in those situations and why I shouldn't either! Don't get me wrong I did disagree with him in some things but mostly I think he is a great doc! The rotation did make me baby crazy though. I really would love to have a baby but it just isn't the time. I feel like I have to PLAN EVERYTHING about my life from now on. I know I can't go to interviews being really pregnant, I don't think that would look very good!

Off to making sure I like my CV and starting a personal statement! I am writing two..one for Ob/gyn and one for family med-women's health tracks. I wish I had an in at an OB/GYN residency..but I don't..boo!

PS. I don't watch a lot of tv but I was watching 18 kids and counting and I saw the one have a wonderful homebirth..love it.

OB oh My

Delivered a baby today! It was very fun! We have another mommy-to-be in labor right now..she has been having contractions for the past day..her water broke this morning and my doc is just waiting for her to progress..we will see what happens I suppose. Maybe I'll get that call at like 2 in the morning! woohoo. Hoping she actually goes into labor. I am happy my doctor gives the ladies lots of time and lets them do things on their own..however, the hospital has limits so we will see what happens.

Hoping for a birth tomorrow!

Starting another 2 weeks of Ob/Gyn tomorrow! I am very excited...don't know though about being on call 24/7 for the next two weeks! I love the OB I am with and am hoping to learn a lot. Hoping it is good prep for boards! Can I say that I am sooo scared about boards..again! ugh.

I then have vacation for two weeks, and I am hoping to get a lot of stuff finished for the wedding and school rotations for next year. Why is everything adding up at one time? I suppose that is just how things happen..a big thumbs down on that.

It is that time of the year again!

On my way to DC for DO Day on the Hill. I am very excited about this. DO Day is one of my favorite things of the year. It feels so good to be lobbying for healthcare and to be an active physician-to-be. My first time I must say I was nervous to speak to the senators but now I am just excited..getting all of my points that I want to make on paper so I don't sound like a fool! I am one of the lucky ones who always seems to meet with my senator and representative..not sure how that happens! (maybe it is because last year I chased down my representative in the hall going to a vote to talk to him, it is good to know what these people look like lol) I wish more people were coming to Washington, it seems like there are hardly any people coming from my school this year! This stinks but what can you do! I think the more active you are and the more you talk to the people with some power you can get things done, we just need more people to be pro-active! Wish me luck in pushing my politics..eek!