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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s strange because some articles claim medicin JJe is a family friendly career, for the ability to work part-time. I know women physicians that work just one or two days per week. Of course that assumes they have a partner working full time.[/quote]

That's crazy. Medicine is incredibly family-unfriendly because of the strict schedules, which only gets worse if you have to do call.

Except in cases where there is a SAHP, every doctor I know with young kids gets a nanny that is able to work long and unpredictable hours. Which obviously gets expensive.

Mid-level providers end up in a very difficult middle zone. The hours are still inflexible, but they don't make nearly enough money for a nanny. I really don't understand how those got a reputation for being more family-friendly careers in medicine. In my experience, it is precisely the opposite.[/quote]
The question is compared to what. OP is comparing to another profession, law. Many of us on this board are high up in corporate or government roles. I'm not an MD. But I work long hours and travel. Unless you are in private practice, calls are predictable...which means you are not scrambling at the last minute for off hour care. You can at least plan it.

Physicians seem to feel they are uniquely put up on. Complaining that you picked a family unfriendly job that you can't give up due to time spent training and then wishing you were a lawyer (also a job that requires an advanced degree and usually a lot of in the job training early on) is the height of ignorance and lack of respect for the demands of other careers.

OP gets a small pass because she's pregnant and seems to regret her career in general. But she has a lot of options to make changes if she wants to.

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