Recent content by Pinki

First off, congrats! Welcome to the toughest job you'll ever love! Parenthood! For what it's worth, last year I did my MFM sub-i from 35-39 weeks pregnant with my second baby and got stellar letters and an honors grade. I wrote about my experiences gestating and lactating for the majority of...

Toooo much freetime, but watched Oprah yesterday and caught this "ahem" interesting topic - a 34 year old man pregnant in Oregon. He is a transgendered man, formerly a woman, legally now a man. Short of it is he had breast reduction, took bimonthly testosterone, legally became a man. When he and...

Hi Everyone! I'm a MS4 - did my first two years in Tucson and my last two in Phoenix, just matched in Ob and will be graduating in less than 2 months. Having been in both locales, I have a bit of perspective on both campuses. Congrats to those who've been accepted and pulled off the waitlist...

Welcoming dinner with all the Housestaff 6/20. Hospital and department orientation 6/23 - 6/27. You're ON! 6/27 or 6/30, depending if you're on days or nights...

I know - I'm going to be tying dental floss knots for a week straight before I show up...don't want to be called out by the scrub techs on my first day!

THE Ohio State University!!! My #1!!!

I think the list came out today at noon for those who had to scramble. If I'm correct, it's only proprietary to those unmatched. Seems like every year the list gets leaked with a slew of NRMP threats that follow.

From NRMP, March 17 2008: Total Ob/Gyn spots offered 1163/ unfilled 12 Western 162 / 2 Central 266 / 0 Southern 343 /9 Northeastern 392 /1

WooHoo!!!!!!! I'm so jazzed about Thursday! Good luck everyone!

Ours is a big deal, standing room only in the med school auditorium - complete with a theme, costumes, etc. Families fly in from all around, faculty and residents from the adjacent hospital pop in, most everyone dresses up in some shape or form. As a big of a deal, if not bigger, than...

Also not a resident, but I step up to offer advice as a 4th year who had two children during med school and a husband who works as an architect, so pretty regular professional hours. Nearest family of any sort is 1000 miles away. It's totally doable, you just need to plan accordingly. We have...

Call 1-800-255-2500 (Ethicon) and ask for the following: Ethicon Knot Tying Board Ethicon Knot Tying Manual Ethicon Knot Tying Rope They will ship these to you for free. The big ole rope is nothing like a suture, but I won't be in an OR any time soon to pilfer any, so I guess the rope...

Wow, I haven't tied a knot in 1.5 years! All of my 4th year electives have been non-surgical - I just ordered the Ethicon board so I could practice before residency starts.

Exhaling because I've found clarity. I've certified my ROL for the last time. (Honestly!) I'm wondering if I should reserve a moving truck now to my top choices - they don't bill you- because I'm curious if UHaul, Penske, etc. are savvy enough to know they should jack up prices after Match...

By no means final...I'm going CRAZY!!! I've changed and recertified my list at least a dozen times! Here are my top 7 (also my lucky number!) in alpha order. Keep in mind my top 3 have flipflopped daily...depending on my husband's input, pressure from family, the day to day weather in various...