title: Comment: pregnancy in the early career psychiatrist.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper is to provide an opinion on the issues surrounding the pregnant psychiatric trainee, from the perspective of a senior female colleague who has integrated professional life with motherhood.
  
  
  METHODS
  The basis for this opinion piece is the article by a psychiatric trainee who describes her response to pregnancy and this is supplemented by some additional articles from psychiatrists on the theme of early career pregnancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A combination of published literature and personal experience were used to form an opinion on pregnancy and the early career psychiatrist.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pregnancy while training provides challenges to the trainee, the employer and the training networks but it provides benefits to both the individual and patients, and the role of a supervisor is to facilitate this.
authors: Macquarie Hospital, North Ryde, NSW, Australia. ElBernar@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au
authors: Elsa
authors: E
authors: Bernardi
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*