Culture change, severe preeclampsia during REI fellowship, and having taboo conversations at work with Dr. Shelley Dolitsky

Moms of Medicine

"My brain was not in OB mode. Like anybody who is an obgyn, when you get admitted that sick at 26 weeks, knows you're really not going to go until 34 weeks but my brain wasn't processing that. So I reached out to both my program director and the chairman of our department in like panicked text messages. I didn't have it in me to call them. I had 1% battery on my phone. I was in triage. I was barely even admitted to the hospital. They had given me oral medication to get my blood pressure down before they even placed an IV and I had just texted my husband I had barely told anyone else and I was texting everyone at work."
This episode is with Dr. Shelley Dolitsky, who is a reproductive endocrinologist in Maryland.
In this episode we talk about:
- Developing preeclampsia only a couple of weeks into REI fellowship
- Her daughter spending 3 months in the NICU (she's doing great now!)
- How she decided when to go back after having her daughter, and then deciding to take more time off down the road
- The incredible support of her leadership at every step of the way
- Deciding on timing of a second pregnacy (with input from her work colleagues and her thoughts on this)
- Having to schedule an amniocentesis for the day she was to give her thesis presentation (spoiler, she didn't give her thesis, but not for the reasons you might think)
- Negotiating for her first job
- and so much more!
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