Career woman

My Journey to Motherhood as a Working Professional

My Journey to Motherhood as a Working Professional

By my early thirties, I suddenly felt an internal void which the cocktails and annual bonuses could not fill. Most of my friends (some younger) had married and started having kids.

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I’m a High-Risk Pregnancy Expert. So Why Didn’t I Worry About My Own Fertility?

I’m a High-Risk Pregnancy Expert. So Why Didn’t I Worry About My Own Fertility?

The other day, I saw a new patient in my office. She was 39 years old, healthy, a successful career woman, pregnant for the first time — and scared to death. After trying for two years to conceive, she had finally done it.

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The Biggest Lies I Told Myself (About My Future Fertility)

The Biggest Lies I Told Myself (About My Future Fertility)

I knew from a very early age that I wanted to go to college and have a career. It wasn’t until my sophomore year in college, though, that I made the decision to pursue medicine — a career path that would ultimately take 15 years of my life to accomplish.

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40 Isn’t the New 30 When it Comes to Your Ovaries

40 Isn’t the New 30 When it Comes to Your Ovaries

Finally, positive attention is being paid to the aging woman. Women in their 40s look better, feel better, have successful careers and seem to be able to do it all. For once, the “mature” woman is being celebrated rather than lamented. 40 is the new 30!

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My Next Biggest Career Move: I Froze My Eggs

My Next Biggest Career Move: I Froze My Eggs

I am extremely happy that I chose to pursue egg cryopreservation. Although I don’t know when I will find the person I’m going to marry, I consider this an insurance policy so I have enough healthy eggs preserved when I do find that special someone.

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The Business of Delayed Child-Bearing in the Career Woman

The Business of Delayed Child-Bearing in the Career Woman

As a high-risk obstetrician, I should have realized the significance of that milestone in my life, but I didn’t. Like many career women, I put my career plans first and had convinced myself that NOT having children would be OK.

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An Open Letter to My Babies On My First Day Back to Work

An Open Letter to My Babies On My First Day Back to Work

I can tell when you want to be held, and I know by the sound of your breathing when you finally fall asleep listening to the beat of my heart. I know when you are going to wake up, and I know when you are fighting sleep. I know when you want me to talk to you, and I know how to calm you down.

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The Business of Delayed Child-Bearing in the Career Woman

The Business of Delayed Child-Bearing in the Career Woman

Unfortunately, for many career women who delay child-bearing, it is a hard slap in the face when receiving a diagnosis of infertility after they cannot conceive naturally later in life; I was one of those women.

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