Alana Kinrich
@alanakinrich.medsky.social
“Some entitled little shit ER doc” 👩🏻⚕️, queer 🏳️🌈, home cook 🍳, sometimes dancer 🩰, cat person 🐱, lover of swishy skirts and warm sweaters 👗. My opinions are not my employer's. she/her
Pinned
Alana Kinrich
@alanakinrich.medsky.social
· Aug 17
Treasuring every day with this little love. So excited to be his mama forever.
Incredible photography by Alyse Panitz, www.alysepanitz.com
Incredible photography by Alyse Panitz, www.alysepanitz.com
Reposted by Alana Kinrich
Hi. Chaplain here. You have no moral of ethical compunction to watch the ICE shooting video. It won't bring the victim back and will likely traumatize you. Put your outrage and energy into protest/organizing/donating/supporting immigrants.
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Hi. Chaplain here. You have no moral of ethical compunction to watch the ICE shooting video. It won't bring the victim back and will likely traumatize you. Put your outrage and energy into protest/organizing/donating/supporting immigrants.
Good news: We seem to have successfully night-weaned the baby.
Bad news: I lost my 97-day Wordle streak, as I'd been playing it regularly at my 3-5am feed, and yesterday I forgot entirely! 😫
Bad news: I lost my 97-day Wordle streak, as I'd been playing it regularly at my 3-5am feed, and yesterday I forgot entirely! 😫
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Good news: We seem to have successfully night-weaned the baby.
Bad news: I lost my 97-day Wordle streak, as I'd been playing it regularly at my 3-5am feed, and yesterday I forgot entirely! 😫
Bad news: I lost my 97-day Wordle streak, as I'd been playing it regularly at my 3-5am feed, and yesterday I forgot entirely! 😫
Reposted by Alana Kinrich
Dear Democratic Party,
Please copy what Mamdani is doing.
Signed Everyone
Please copy what Mamdani is doing.
Signed Everyone
January 2, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Dear Democratic Party,
Please copy what Mamdani is doing.
Signed Everyone
Please copy what Mamdani is doing.
Signed Everyone
Happy new year, y'all
2025 was the year I became a mom, so for that alone it will remain one of the best years of my life.
January 1, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Happy new year, y'all
Tips for busy parents!
December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Tips for busy parents!
2025 was the year I became a mom, so for that alone it will remain one of the best years of my life.
December 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
2025 was the year I became a mom, so for that alone it will remain one of the best years of my life.
Reposted by Alana Kinrich
2026's mantra is more spaghetti less upsetti
December 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
2026's mantra is more spaghetti less upsetti
Talking about getting some wooden fencing to make a kid playpen. I wondered how modular and customizable these systems are.
@theogordon.bsky.social: "Everything is modular if you have a table saw."
@theogordon.bsky.social: "Everything is modular if you have a table saw."
December 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Talking about getting some wooden fencing to make a kid playpen. I wondered how modular and customizable these systems are.
@theogordon.bsky.social: "Everything is modular if you have a table saw."
@theogordon.bsky.social: "Everything is modular if you have a table saw."
Having a baby has significantly increased the amount of Disney songs and musicals that my husband will sing with me, which is maybe my favorite unanticipated perk of parenting.
December 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Having a baby has significantly increased the amount of Disney songs and musicals that my husband will sing with me, which is maybe my favorite unanticipated perk of parenting.
Can confirm! I don't do much (though my husband does a bit more) and yet I'm on very friendly terms with several Berkeley city council members and the mayor. If you want to have local influence, just start showing up and talking about things that matter to you.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Can confirm! I don't do much (though my husband does a bit more) and yet I'm on very friendly terms with several Berkeley city council members and the mayor. If you want to have local influence, just start showing up and talking about things that matter to you.
It's too painful for me to pay attention to ACIP today. The harm we're doing to our country's children is horrifying. I'm going to snuggle my four month old vaccinated baby extra hard today.
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's too painful for me to pay attention to ACIP today. The harm we're doing to our country's children is horrifying. I'm going to snuggle my four month old vaccinated baby extra hard today.
First time having bilateral clogged milk ducts, and wow is it unpleasant. Pumping didn't help at all. Time to take some ibuprofen and try to sleep. I'm sure the baby will wake up wanting to eat in a few hours.
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
First time having bilateral clogged milk ducts, and wow is it unpleasant. Pumping didn't help at all. Time to take some ibuprofen and try to sleep. I'm sure the baby will wake up wanting to eat in a few hours.
First shift back after maternity leave...
LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!
(aka I'm actually quite nervous I'll be rusty and inefficient and hate pumping all day)
LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!
(aka I'm actually quite nervous I'll be rusty and inefficient and hate pumping all day)
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
First shift back after maternity leave...
LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!
(aka I'm actually quite nervous I'll be rusty and inefficient and hate pumping all day)
LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!
(aka I'm actually quite nervous I'll be rusty and inefficient and hate pumping all day)
"When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies."
- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
(My 4 month old baby laughed gleefully when I kissed his belly tonight and it made me happy cry!)
- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
(My 4 month old baby laughed gleefully when I kissed his belly tonight and it made me happy cry!)
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies."
- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
(My 4 month old baby laughed gleefully when I kissed his belly tonight and it made me happy cry!)
- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
(My 4 month old baby laughed gleefully when I kissed his belly tonight and it made me happy cry!)
I had a 3 part birth plan:
1. Healthy mom
2. Healthy baby
3. Dad doesn't pass out, hit his head, and get sent to the ED as a patient
1. Healthy mom
2. Healthy baby
3. Dad doesn't pass out, hit his head, and get sent to the ED as a patient
Since I've seen some Epidural Discourse on X:
I had an amazing epidural. I could feel and move, but it turned down the pain volume enough that I could get some sleep while labor progressed. I was so much more present because I wasn't out of my mind in pain. I pushed my baby out in 40 minutes.
I had an amazing epidural. I could feel and move, but it turned down the pain volume enough that I could get some sleep while labor progressed. I was so much more present because I wasn't out of my mind in pain. I pushed my baby out in 40 minutes.
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I had a 3 part birth plan:
1. Healthy mom
2. Healthy baby
3. Dad doesn't pass out, hit his head, and get sent to the ED as a patient
1. Healthy mom
2. Healthy baby
3. Dad doesn't pass out, hit his head, and get sent to the ED as a patient
Since I've seen some Epidural Discourse on X:
I had an amazing epidural. I could feel and move, but it turned down the pain volume enough that I could get some sleep while labor progressed. I was so much more present because I wasn't out of my mind in pain. I pushed my baby out in 40 minutes.
I had an amazing epidural. I could feel and move, but it turned down the pain volume enough that I could get some sleep while labor progressed. I was so much more present because I wasn't out of my mind in pain. I pushed my baby out in 40 minutes.
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Since I've seen some Epidural Discourse on X:
I had an amazing epidural. I could feel and move, but it turned down the pain volume enough that I could get some sleep while labor progressed. I was so much more present because I wasn't out of my mind in pain. I pushed my baby out in 40 minutes.
I had an amazing epidural. I could feel and move, but it turned down the pain volume enough that I could get some sleep while labor progressed. I was so much more present because I wasn't out of my mind in pain. I pushed my baby out in 40 minutes.
Today in being a Doctor Mom: taking a meeting on tissue and transfusion quality metrics at my favorite local coffee shop while baby sleeps in a carrier. Wish every work meeting were this nice.
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Today in being a Doctor Mom: taking a meeting on tissue and transfusion quality metrics at my favorite local coffee shop while baby sleeps in a carrier. Wish every work meeting were this nice.
Reposted by Alana Kinrich
VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
Honestly, some pretty good goals for an ER shift
It is 1 of 4 goals I have per shift:
1 - no one dies that shouldn’t have
2 - treat everyone kind
3 - my diagnosis lands in right organ system
4 - residents learn something*
3&4 might be reversed
Secret 5th goal
5 - anger controlled or at least focused properly
1 - no one dies that shouldn’t have
2 - treat everyone kind
3 - my diagnosis lands in right organ system
4 - residents learn something*
3&4 might be reversed
Secret 5th goal
5 - anger controlled or at least focused properly
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Honestly, some pretty good goals for an ER shift
Reposted by Alana Kinrich
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
I truly don't understand why police aren't required to have malpractice insurance like doctors have.
NEW: Chicago must borrow $283.3M to cover the soaring cost of lawsuits alleging CPD officers committed a wide range of misconduct as part of the city’s 2026 budget, Mayor Brandon Johnson said, calling the move "prudent." @wttw.bsky.social
Chicago Set to Borrow $283.3M to Resolve Police Misconduct Lawsuits
It will likely cost Chicago taxpayers approximately $52 million in interest to borrow that money and pay off during the next five years, according to estimates provided to the Chicago City Council by ...
news.wttw.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I truly don't understand why police aren't required to have malpractice insurance like doctors have.
Been breastfeeding for 4 months, and I have my first clogged duct that has lasted more than a few hours. This shit hurts!
Interestingly, my lactation consultant explained it's mostly due to inflammation. So ice and NSAIDs are front line. No heat, no massage.
Really do not want mastitis, thanks
Interestingly, my lactation consultant explained it's mostly due to inflammation. So ice and NSAIDs are front line. No heat, no massage.
Really do not want mastitis, thanks
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Been breastfeeding for 4 months, and I have my first clogged duct that has lasted more than a few hours. This shit hurts!
Interestingly, my lactation consultant explained it's mostly due to inflammation. So ice and NSAIDs are front line. No heat, no massage.
Really do not want mastitis, thanks
Interestingly, my lactation consultant explained it's mostly due to inflammation. So ice and NSAIDs are front line. No heat, no massage.
Really do not want mastitis, thanks
Reposted by Alana Kinrich
My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
Our baby has learned how to roll from on his back to front, but only towards his right. He has not figured out how to un-roll out of that position, and he struggles until he screams about it. So Theo and I keep waking up in the middle of the night to flip the angry pancake...
That developmental stage where babies have exactly 50% mastery of the art of rolling
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our baby has learned how to roll from on his back to front, but only towards his right. He has not figured out how to un-roll out of that position, and he struggles until he screams about it. So Theo and I keep waking up in the middle of the night to flip the angry pancake...
I don't think I've ever seen a "ventricular fibrillation flare-up" treated like a minor, out-of-an-abundance-of-caution thing.
That's like... you could've died, dude.
That's like... you could've died, dude.
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I don't think I've ever seen a "ventricular fibrillation flare-up" treated like a minor, out-of-an-abundance-of-caution thing.
That's like... you could've died, dude.
That's like... you could've died, dude.