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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know several women MDs, dentists, and pharmacists who worked PT for a few years while their kids were young, making very low salaries just to keep their foot in the game until they could ramp back up. They all had breadwinner spouses who could support the family on a single income during that time. OP, unfortunately, does not. Her hard work subsidizes her spouse’s government hours.[/quote]

Get outta here, her husband is a govt lawyer so probably making at least $150K.  She could absolutely dial it down and they could be fine on $175-$200K.[/quote]

This is not as easy as you think. She can't just ramp down if she just recently finished residency! It's not about the money. She just finished residency and actually has to build her surgical skills, learn from other physicians etc. She is performing SURGERY. It is very different than the meetings we run in our work from home 2-3 days a week gigs. You need a lot of practice to stay good at your job and keep up with new things. She may be able to ramp down later, I hope she can but I don't think that is very common RIGHT out of residency. In the medicine world she is right in the beginning of her career, even though for most of us we've been going for 10 years and can ask for a little more flexibility. [/quote]

Thank you for understanding. It’s not about the money. We lived off alot less during training and I’m fine with that. I think my husband’s income is fine. It’s more about basically sacrificing all my years of working hard if I leave at this point. It’s not as easy as people say to just go part time! Esp now with how health care is going most large health systems want full time or promise part time but then make you cover for people and it is essentially full time. It truly is potentially giving up a career and all the training if I want to have the bonding others have with their babies esp if I decide to take 6 months with this baby (not in the cards for this job). I can just suck it up like I did with my daughter but it still pains me that she didn’t bond with me.[/quote]

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