A lot of people ask me. “Why on earth would you want to be an obstetrician and gynaecologist?” I ask myself this same question - often. This questioning usually takes place at about 3am when the phone rings and I have to drag my weary body into the hospital. It also happens when I am in the throes of school drop off and the phone rings. In fact most of the time this questioning starts with the sound of my phone ringing – full stop. In the dark of the night the spirit of a los