Why am I here?

Yes I am here because I want to share. But why am I here as in why am I an Obstetrician and Gynecologist and an infertility doc and not an orthopedician or a podiatrist?
Let me begin by examining why are some of us drawn to OG and not to other obvious and even easier choices.Money was one motivating factor, at least to those who grew up with me. As females it is considered easier to establish an OG practice than say a surgery or Orthopedic one.Also there was a time when OG was the natural choice for toppers.
But the newer generation was soon drawn to other branches like Radiology partly because of the fact that OG people really work odd hours. Babies mostly decide to pop into the world while the world slumbers.he stress and unpredictability of Obstetrics also deters some who have seen their parents' practice of OG. Abroad the high litigation rates faced by Obstetricians has dissuaded youngsters from taking it up as a career choice. 
For most of us, however, we could not have been as good as anything else.
As for me, the fact that I saw my aunt who happens to be in OG as I was growing up had a big role to play. Also as we began our clinical rotations I realized that disease and death completely freaked me out.( Yes, medical school desensitises you to to death and disease, but not everyone can succeed in cultivating that equanimity and detachment) I loved kids, but my Pediatrics rotation was a traumatic experience. And so was Medicine and Surgery. OG however was a different ball game. Here, there were no patients ( in the real sense of the word). Only normal women like me and you going through pregnancy and labor ( though in a government hospital this was not often the case..but that qualifies for a separate blog post). while other branches deal with disease and death, OG was about life. What a joy it was to hold a baby even before his mother sets her eyes upon him..
Gradually however, I got tired of Obstetrics. It ceased to be intellectually stimulating ( but it always remained physically stimulating..with the night calls, endless C- sections and unending antenatal clinics).
Hence the switch to reproductive medicine. And it is probably something which fits me well. I love the sight of sperms swimming, the eggs with the potential of a life within them and the embryos as they are pushed into the uterus gently. I love the challenge of dealing with couples who have been to many doctors and sometimes know as much as their doctor about their condition. There are low points too. And sometimes when I almost start believing that the only thing that works is the invisible hand of God. And others when my belief in human efforts is redeemed.
All in all, its a wonderful life ;)