As a neurosurgeon who has performed thousands of surgeries, I can count on one hand the number of times I have needed to take a break during surgery, and almost all were when I was pregnant. How? Surgery is such a stimulating, focused environment, and as surgeons everything else, including our own needs, fade into the background. #surgerylife #neurosurgery #neurosurgeons #brainsurgeon #womeninneurosurgery