Baby Now or Wait 2 Years?

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Anonymous wrote:How long have you been married OP?
Why won't you answer that?

Op said in her first post they have been together since she was 30 and they got married when she was 32. Simple math will tell you she's been married for a year.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why not do med school if you are so smart? Oh yeah, you aren't.

She probably went to pharmacy to begin with because she couldn't make the med school. Then she realized she cared less about prestige than about the day to day work. But will still insist nursing is like a totally prestigious incredibly competitive profession.

You're ignorant. I'm not OP but I'm a doctor. I wonder what you you do that you feel you're superior? Is nursing hard? Yes. Is it prestigious? No. Is CRNA hard and prestigious? Yes. You are completely ignorant to what a CRNA even does or how hard the work to become one. A CRNA deals with ICU patients by checking vitals, intubating, standing in for anesthesiologists, etc., but no, they and OP are dumb. Spend one day in that life and then tell me how easy it is.

Geez, your grammar is atrocious. You’re a doctor? I guess doctors just aren’t very smart nowadays. OP, you sound ridiculous. You’ve only been married for 3 years to a lawyer on partner track who wants 3-4 kids? He may be indulging your silly idea now to become a CRNA and have 3 kids later, but let’s see what happens 3 years later when you’re struggling to deliver on your promise. He’ll find a younger, hotter wife and breeder so fast...

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why not do med school if you are so smart? Oh yeah, you aren't.

She probably went to pharmacy to begin with because she couldn't make the med school. Then she realized she cared less about prestige than about the day to day work. But will still insist nursing is like a totally prestigious incredibly competitive profession.

You're ignorant. I'm not OP but I'm a doctor. I wonder what you you do that you feel you're superior? Is nursing hard? Yes. Is it prestigious? No. Is CRNA hard and prestigious? Yes. You are completely ignorant to what a CRNA even does or how hard the work to become one. A CRNA deals with ICU patients by checking vitals, intubating, standing in for anesthesiologists, etc., but no, they and OP are dumb. Spend one day in that life and then tell me how easy it is.

Geez, your grammar is atrocious. You’re a doctor? I guess doctors just aren’t very smart nowadays. OP, you sound ridiculous. You’ve only been married for 3 years to a lawyer on partner track who wants 3-4 kids? He may be indulging your silly idea now to become a CRNA and have 3 kids later, but let’s see what happens 3 years later when you’re struggling to deliver on your promise. He’ll find a younger, hotter wife and breeder so fast...

Op here. I have to laugh at this dumb response. I wanted to be a CRNA before I even met my husband. He fully supports me. We are very happily married. I am wise enough to know you don't have a child when you're not ready for one, or you don't think you can handle it. You may be fine with a nanny or daycare raising your children, but I'm not.

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I'm so confused. How are you going to have 2-4 children in a short time frame, not burdening your MIL, with a partner husband working long hours - without a nanny or daycare?

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Op here. I am officially signing off of the thread. Thank you to everyone who gave me good and bad criticism. We have decided to wait and I don't need to be on here to argue and debate my career. I am confident in my decision and my future career. I don't care what the people on this thread say about a CRNA, because they clearly don't know anything about the profession. Many others, one being a CRNA, have spoken about how intensive the program is. I never went to meet school because I don't want to be a doctor. Thank you for the well wishes!

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LOL married one year and her marriage is strong. LOL!!

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Aways have the baby now!!

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I am a CRNA and a mom, and (I’m sure you know this already since you’ve been accepted into a program) CRNA school is intense, to put it mildly. The didactic part of the program is rigorous and once clinical rotations start, expect your days to start at the crack of dawn (I was up around 4:30 most mornings) and go late into the evening.

I started when I was your age, got married about 6 months into the program, and waited to have a baby until I was 37. Several of my classmates had young children (one of my best friends in the program got pregnant and delivered a few months before we graduated!), so it’s not impossible. However, I doubt I could have done it; it’s just really grueling (but totally worth it!).

Trying to get pregnant during the last six months-year of the program might not be a bad idea. I will say I do wish we had started trying earlier, since we had a few struggles trying to get pregnant. It’s ultimately a very personal decision, but I would advise against putting off starting a program. I imagine it would be very hard to start with a young child, although you wouldn’t be the first to do it.

Congratulations! It’s an awesome profession. I love my job and am happy every day I go to work.

+ 1. Current RN who is advancing her career in another area. You know how hard it will be, not them. Haters will hate. Stay on the grind and do what's best for you. The more you put off school, the harder it will be to go back. Do it now and get it done with. Babies can wait. I had my first at 38 and second at 40. Do what makes you happy!

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Anonymous wrote:OP, do you have to take out debt to go back for the CRNA?

Op here. Last post ( didn't see this one). No. I will be paying for it myself.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not wait for school until all your kids are in school?

Op here. It's a very hard program to get into. I am eager to start my career now. I don't want to be 40 and in school. I will also have a greater salary, which means more money for childcare.

you are eager to star you career now so you can't have the baby. but in 7 years you will be eager to continue the career and will be raising three children! how do you plan to do that?

I don't understand why you are being so harsh to OP. Many, many women work while raising young children. Not all of us can be SAHMs. Op, don't post on here anymore. There is nothing but bitter women who hate career driven women, likely because they don't have the skills to have one.

ummm, thanks. i am working and raising children. the point is not that that is no possible. but the point is that this is not any easier than having a baby while going to school! if you claim that you can't go to some harsh program (puh-lease, it's nursing) and having one baby because "she doesn't like leaving the baby with the nanny and her husband works 50 hours a week while trying to become partner" how is she going to raise three (3!!) children (who are going to be born in the span of 5 years) and pursue her career with a husband who is a law firm partner?

You're incredibly rude. As someone who works among nurses, how dare you dismiss them with " puh-lease, it's nursing". Nursing is a lot harder than you thimk. CRNA is very difficult. They basically are assistants to anesthesiologists, and often stand in for anesthesiologist. Plesee do some research before you belittle a profession that helps save countless lives each year.

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PP certainly knows little about what nurses do. In my Level 1 trauma center, CRNAs are the ones who oversee many cases (e.g. adminster anesthesia drugs, insert arterial and central lines, intubate patients, and so on). I'm an ICU RN and just being a nurse is tough while being pregnant. You're on your feet all day long, are fielding comments from everyone about your pregnancy (for better or for worse), are at risk of coming into contact with harmful organisms and situations (I was pregnant during the height of the Ebola scare, admitted patients who had previously tested positive for TB, and was kicked by an aggressive patient while pregnant, for example), and so on. Good luck when your ignorant ass is the patient, PP.

+1. These idiots have no clue. They think their so smart because of their law and finance degrees.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone is talking about fertility. As a doc I can tell you that there is NO WAY to do a CRNA with a newborn. And work part time?? Haha. You can have it all. Just not at the same time. Sorry, OP.

+1. Op, don't listen to half of the people on this thread. I read through the responses and I don't think they understand what a CRNA program entails. My sister is a CRNA. It is a very difficult program to go through. There in no way you can have a young baby and do it. I strongly encourage you to wait or go with the plan to get pregnant your second year and time it with graduation. You will likely fail if you have a baby now and have to raise a newborn and toddler throughout the duration of school.

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They tell you during CRNA orientation that those who succeed are the ones whose lives are stable in all other aspects. It's the kind of program that leads to divorces/breakups and problems in other aspects of your life if you're not prepared. The work is also not ideal for a pregnant woman (given the exposure risks from anesthesia gases and drugs, radiation, and the patients themselves [infections, moving dead weight], and so on).

+1,000. You are making the right choice, op.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone is talking about fertility. As a doc I can tell you that there is NO WAY to do a CRNA with a newborn. And work part time?? Haha. You can have it all. Just not at the same time. Sorry, OP.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not wait for school until all your kids are in school?

Op here. It's a very hard program to get into. I am eager to start my career now. I don't want to be 40 and in school. I will also have a greater salary, which means more money for childcare.

you are eager to star you career now so you can't have the baby. but in 7 years you will be eager to continue the career and will be raising three children! how do you plan to do that?

I don't understand why you are being so harsh to OP. Many, many women work while raising young children. Not all of us can be SAHMs. Op, don't post on here anymore. There is nothing but bitter women who hate career driven women, likely because they don't have the skills to have one.

ummm, thanks. i am working and raising children. the point is not that that is no possible. but the point is that this is not any easier than having a baby while going to school! if you claim that you can't go to some harsh program (puh-lease, it's nursing) and having one baby because "she doesn't like leaving the baby with the nanny and her husband works 50 hours a week while trying to become partner" how is she going to raise three (3!!) children (who are going to be born in the span of 5 years) and pursue her career with a husband who is a law firm partner?

You're incredibly rude. As someone who works among nurses, how dare you dismiss them with " puh-lease, it's nursing". Nursing is a lot harder than you thimk. CRNA is very difficult. They basically are assistants to anesthesiologists, and often stand in for anesthesiologist. Plesee do some research before you belittle a profession that helps save countless lives each year.

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PP certainly knows little about what nurses do. In my Level 1 trauma center, CRNAs are the ones who oversee many cases (e.g. adminster anesthesia drugs, insert arterial and central lines, intubate patients, and so on). I'm an ICU RN and just being a nurse is tough while being pregnant. You're on your feet all day long, are fielding comments from everyone about your pregnancy (for better or for worse), are at risk of coming into contact with harmful organisms and situations (I was pregnant during the height of the Ebola scare, admitted patients who had previously tested positive for TB, and was kicked by an aggressive patient while pregnant, for example), and so on. Good luck when your ignorant ass is the patient, PP.

+1. These idiots have no clue. They think their so smart because of their law and finance degrees.

Haha I hate to even point this out, but...it's *they're

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Anonymous wrote:Why not wait for school until all your kids are in school?

Op here. It's a very hard program to get into. I am eager to start my career now. I don't want to be 40 and in school. I will also have a greater salary, which means more money for childcare.

you are eager to star you career now so you can't have the baby. but in 7 years you will be eager to continue the career and will be raising three children! how do you plan to do that?

I don't understand why you are being so harsh to OP. Many, many women work while raising young children. Not all of us can be SAHMs. Op, don't post on here anymore. There is nothing but bitter women who hate career driven women, likely because they don't have the skills to have one.

ummm, thanks. i am working and raising children. the point is not that that is no possible. but the point is that this is not any easier than having a baby while going to school! if you claim that you can't go to some harsh program (puh-lease, it's nursing) and having one baby because "she doesn't like leaving the baby with the nanny and her husband works 50 hours a week while trying to become partner" how is she going to raise three (3!!) children (who are going to be born in the span of 5 years) and pursue her career with a husband who is a law firm partner?

You're incredibly rude. As someone who works among nurses, how dare you dismiss them with " puh-lease, it's nursing". Nursing is a lot harder than you thimk. CRNA is very difficult. They basically are assistants to anesthesiologists, and often stand in for anesthesiologist. Plesee do some research before you belittle a profession that helps save countless lives each year.

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PP certainly knows little about what nurses do. In my Level 1 trauma center, CRNAs are the ones who oversee many cases (e.g. adminster anesthesia drugs, insert arterial and central lines, intubate patients, and so on). I'm an ICU RN and just being a nurse is tough while being pregnant. You're on your feet all day long, are fielding comments from everyone about your pregnancy (for better or for worse), are at risk of coming into contact with harmful organisms and situations (I was pregnant during the height of the Ebola scare, admitted patients who had previously tested positive for TB, and was kicked by an aggressive patient while pregnant, for example), and so on. Good luck when your ignorant ass is the patient, PP.

+1. These idiots have no clue. They think their so smart because of their law and finance degrees.

Haha I hate to even point this out, but...it's *they're

Thanks for the correction. I am so glad you have your prestigious non-nursing degree to help correct everyone's grammar.

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these nurses boasting about their certificates are like general contractors boasting about making hundreds of thousands of dollars.

i was a top student at a top college. many people went to professional and graduate schools; not a single one went to nursing (maybe they should have. clearly the fields is full of morons)

also: nursing journals are where you send your junk that gets rejected by medical journals.