Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by two AABP members who are parents who are cattle veterinarians and also married to veterinarians. Dr. Amy Bartholomew practices in the northeast out of Cold Hollow Veterinary Services with her husband in Vermont. Dr. Mark Hardesty practices out of Maria Stein Veterinary Clinic in western Ohio. Both of our guests discuss their challenges and successes after raising children while practicing in their busy veterinary practices. We discuss finding a team to support you and thinking outside of the box for ways to manage parenthood and bovine practice. Training clients and implementing preventive medicine programs can decrease the number of emergency calls, probably the most challenging aspect of rural practice. Prioritize your family and take trips and vacations with them. We share fond memories of our children being in the clinic and going on farm calls, a true joy of parenthood and ambulatory practice for all of us! Finally, we discuss being kind to yourself. This is hard and nobody is perfect. Every parent has struggled in every profession! Give yourself the compassion you deserve and reach out to colleagues for support, ideas, and networking.