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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes I’m a doctor and so many reasons:

Our work hours make it hard to get pregnant
When we get pregnant we are still expected to work long hours. Some residency programs have their pregnant residents work 24-28 hours straight so that increases miscarriages
Ppl don’t want to deal with having babies during residency and training so they wait until after when they are in late 30s

So it’s not surprising [/quote]

But did you know? The article says “had they known….” Why didn’t they, doctors, get caught off guard that delaying pregnancy might be an issue?[/quote]

I had kids during med school and residency because I didn’t want to deal with infertility. Most women in medicine / medical school are very type A and career driven and want to achieve certain goals before having kids. Like for example, I didn’t pursue a higher paying speciality because of my kids. Most of my residency classmates are not willing to make that compromise. So they know but willing to take the risk of infertility for their careers. [/quote]

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