Advice to pregnant surgical residents

<p>"Motherhood has been the biggest gamble of my adult life thus far. How was I going to operate for 12-plus hours while 39-weeks pregnant? Where would I be when I went into labor? How would was I going to return after three weeks? How would I pump during and in between OR cases?</p> <p>I did it. It certainly wasn’t easy. And I would do it all over. My son is beautiful and healthy. I’ve never been prouder of anything I’ve ever done. He is the first thing I think about in the morning and the last thing I think about at night. He’s made me a better clinician and surgeon."</p> <p><a href= "https://medicine.missouri.edu/education/graduate-medical-education/resident-house-staff" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lauren A. Umstattd</a> is a facial plastic surgery fellow.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2019/10/advice-to-a-pregnant-surgical-resident.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Advice to a pregnant surgical resident</a>." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2019/10/advice-to-a-pregnant-surgical-resident.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2019/10/advice-to-a-pregnant-surgical-resident.html</a>)</p>