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[quote=Anonymous]I’m the PP who had kids in med school (before 3rd year) and residency (2nd year of residency). I’m glad I had them younger because if I had waited I wouldn’t have been able to get pregnant- I had a couple miscarriages trying at 32 for my second and finally had my second during residency at 33. I was a bit older as a resident so yes to the person up stream who commented with a eye-roll I didn’t want to be an older mom and I’m glad as I probably wouldn’t have been able to get pregnant if I waited. Anyway- med school is a really great time to have kids. It’s much more flexible now and many of the courses are pass fail. Residency is a terrible time to be a parent- my husband was the default parent and it was more like I was an absentee dad that kinda floated in and out. My schedule was all over the place. But it made me very clear about my post residency career so now I have a lot of flexibility in my job. Overall, worth it for me but definitely tough and your spouse needs to be 100% on board [/quote]

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