We recently went from a family of four to a family of five. I'm back at work, navigating spending time with my family and working, working on the "business" side of our family with my husband as well the relationship side. Trying to figure out how we work as a family of five. I started … Continue reading Don’t call me supermom
Author: Mita
SGIM 2025 Women’s Health For the Inpatient Handouts
Handouts/Resources for SGIM Women's Health for the Inpatient Providers Handout Contraception Pregnancy Hormone Therapy Anticoagulation & Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Anticoagulation and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding by Dr. Mita Hoppenfeld Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding on Anticoagulation - ASH Publications How I Treat Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Associated with Anticoagulation - ASH Publications Script for talking to patients … Continue reading SGIM 2025 Women’s Health For the Inpatient Handouts
Thank You Scones
Jump to recipe It's been a long time. Needless to say, life happened. We had another baby, we moved, we moved again. It's easy to lose track of things that once made you really when you have a lot of new things that make you really happy and really tired (see: the literal definition of … Continue reading Thank You Scones
50 new things
I'm going to try to make 50 new things in 2022, and post them here. This isn't a resolution -- it's a simple idea that makes me happy. I love food, I love making food, I love eating it, I love seeing other people enjoy it, I love sitting around a table filled with food … Continue reading 50 new things
Actually Helpful Stuff for (my) Kids
So now I've had two kids for about a year now and have had a second to breathe, and settle in. It's been a hot minute, and yep it's taken me thing long to go from the shock of 1 kid to 2. I have to say 0 to 1 kid was still more work … Continue reading Actually Helpful Stuff for (my) Kids
You have blue eyes
And like that, we are a family of four. Aditya was born on January 6th in the morning. While Shanta was a 23.5 hour labor, Aditya came into the world 9 hours after I woke up from sleep in the early hours of the morning. In the time of the pandemic, I am so thankful … Continue reading You have blue eyes
Tomato, Carrot, and Goat Cheese Galette
It's been an interesting start to the year. I'm finished my third week of attending on general medicine wards (!!) and I've finally started to shed a little bit of the terror. The shock of seeing my name as "Staff Physician" or under the admitting orders. The first week I had to remind myself repeatedly … Continue reading Tomato, Carrot, and Goat Cheese Galette
I went on a walk today
We went on a walk today, it was so quiet. We went on a walk today, and there were no cars. We went on a walk today, and I heard so many sounds. Birds, high pitch, low pitch. We went on a walk today, and I showed my daughter flowers. I feel uncomfortable. Sitting here, … Continue reading I went on a walk today
COVID-19 thoughts
My posts generally come in two forms -- something that's cohesive, and well thought through and something that resembles verbal diarrhea. This will be more of the latter. The area where I live is so quiet now. The streets are dramatically more empty than I've ever seen them. We are on a very bravely enacted … Continue reading COVID-19 thoughts
The most delicious of cakes, a Love Cake
Every year for my in-laws birthdays, when I can, I try to make a cake. I make the same cake. One that I came across a few years back, first called a "Persian Love Cake." I'm a bit uncomfortable as I'm not 100% sure where the name cake from. I've read that it was made … Continue reading The most delicious of cakes, a Love Cake
The Clumsy Cook 