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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of this depends on how often your husband is actually getting calls when he's on call, because this can vary dramatically by specialty. If he's pretty much guaranteed to have to go into the hospital at some point during an on-call shift, then you should plan on getting sitters during that time. If the vast majority of his calls can be handled by phone and it's rare that he has to go to the hospital, then I'd take my chances.[/quote]

This is us. DH does have to go in on his call weekends to round, and it sucks (usually 3 hour at the hospital + another 1-2 at home writing notes each day), but he can go in whenever. So, we schedule his rounding time around whatever else we want to do. There are some rare instances he might have to go in, but he's been at this hospital for a year, and it hasn't happened so far. Otherwise, everything can be handled via phone.

However, when I am also working, I work weekends, too (my work comes in 8-week chunks several times a year). Similarly, my work time is flexible, but it is too hard to find enough hours in the day for both of us to get enough dedicated work time, so we hire a sitter for those days.[/quote]

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