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I’m a medical student and our program has us take several tests to narrow down specialties. I’ve always been interested in OB/GYN because I love the physiology of female reproductive system and I also think the OB side would be rewarding. I am more interested in women health I feel but I don’t know if I’m just really repelled by the lifestyle many OBGYNS have. I shadowed a lot in premed and hope to spend some elective clerkships there as well. All my tests I’ve taken show OB/GYN as my number one with FM as a second option.
anyway, I have a wife and kid and this has given me some perspective. My family is most important to me. I am not interested in people telling Me to make work a bigger priority. It’s obviously a priority or else I wouldn’t be here. i also feel that if work becomes So overbearing then I won’t enjoy my family life,, even if I love my job. If my family life suffers, it doesn’t matter that I like my job. At the end of the day, im Husband and father first. I‘ve stood in too many ORs full of divorced and, truthfully, unhappy surgeons. this includes many obgyns.
how awful is residency? I’d do it.. I just want the candid truth. if I decide to just go more gyn and little OB if any.. should I just go into FM and focus on womens health? What options would I have that direction? I say this becuase its Not the baby catching that really Calls me to thspecialty, it’s womens health. I see OB More as an added bonus.
looking for guidance.. ideas.. thoughts.
anyway, I have a wife and kid and this has given me some perspective. My family is most important to me. I am not interested in people telling Me to make work a bigger priority. It’s obviously a priority or else I wouldn’t be here. i also feel that if work becomes So overbearing then I won’t enjoy my family life,, even if I love my job. If my family life suffers, it doesn’t matter that I like my job. At the end of the day, im Husband and father first. I‘ve stood in too many ORs full of divorced and, truthfully, unhappy surgeons. this includes many obgyns.
how awful is residency? I’d do it.. I just want the candid truth. if I decide to just go more gyn and little OB if any.. should I just go into FM and focus on womens health? What options would I have that direction? I say this becuase its Not the baby catching that really Calls me to thspecialty, it’s womens health. I see OB More as an added bonus.
looking for guidance.. ideas.. thoughts.