In this episode Dr. Diane Hassan and I discuss how she went through medical school pregnant. How her driver was very professional. How she found out that she was in labor. How she knew her baby would be a boy. Lastly, how she experienced labor and delivery in a country 10,000 miles away from home.

In this episode Dr. Hassan and I discuss her very first day in medical school, and how the students knew she was married to the dean of dentistry. We briefly discussed Dr. Hassan's time in medical school, and her adjusting to living in Iraq. How Dr. Hassan experienced some divine intervention in preparation for a difficult exam. Lastly, what it was like in her fifth and sixth year of medical school, when she had to interact with patients who didn't speak English. Ultimately became a favorite of the patients at the hospital.

In this episode Dr. Diane Hassan talks about entering medical school while she was pregnant. She discusses how Iraqi marriages were arranged at that time. How establishing a relationship with Thebat helped her during her time in medical school. The challenges she faced in Iraq, hosting social functions while she had to study for school. Lastly even though she was married in the United States she had to get married in Iraq, in order to have her marriage recognized by the Iraqi government.