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Emily Gottenborg, Christine Jones, Marisha Burden and Anna Maw are  Hospitalists at the University of Colorado and all have had children at some point during their careers. They came on the podcast to discuss their paper "You Can't Have It All" which looks at the inequities and problems women face when they have children while practicing medicine. An unsparing and inspiring conversation, just like the paper itself. Note: co-authors Li-Kheng Ngov & Anastasiya Ponomaryova were not able to join this interview Key Learnings 1. The origins of this incredible paper, especially their shared memories around parental leave (or lack thereof) 2. Framing the paper as a scientific article, then rapidly evolving to one sounding an alarm 3. Using qualitative research and allowing the stories to guide the conclusion 4. The emotional rollercoaster of collecting data, doing the study and identifying inequities in the system 5. The impact of feeling like having children is a choice therefore all the inequities that follo