It's great being married to a doctor (or resident, or medical student) because...

[Vishenka69]

I love the ability to be a SAHM.

It's nice to always be able to see the best specialist in any field without waiting for 6 months.

And of course being a part if this place tops the list.

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[ladymoreta]

I love that I get to be on iMSN! I can't imagine life without you guys.

I love that we can afford for me to stay at home with our kids, and if/when I go back to work, it doesn't have to be a soul-sucking job I hate.

I love the prestige it brings. There are still many people out there who give the Dr. title a lot of respect. I don't throw it around, but people who know what DH does are impressed.

I love that he knows when it's time to worry about health things. He does a lot of emotional management (both patients and surgeons), so even if it's something bad, he's learned to keep calm about it.

[Thirteen]

I can "help" my friends with their medical questions and hand over my phone for an armchair consult.

Professional courtesy.

I break the conventional stereotype of what a dawkter's wife should be (as do all of you).

I second Peggy's otoscope comment.


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[SuzySunshine]

I second the moving places I never would have lived - 99.9% positive I would have never lived in CA, MN or OR.

The lifestyle the money affords us, me staying home, vacations we take, the ability to pay other people to do some things so that we have time as a family.

And, of course, iMSN.

[oceanchild]

I'm very hopeful that DH is going to be able to teach me how to calmly handle a baby. (We'll see for sure of course.)

And I like knowing that I have career options without having to worry about how much money I (don't) make.

[MsSassyBaskets]

I have yet to see any benefits beyond a) getting the occasional free OMM treatment and b) feelings of pride and badassery that I get from supporting my DH, bringing home the bacon, cooking it for dinner, and cleaning up afterwords. I hope someday soon this path will lead us to live somewhere we enjoy, and allow me some feelings of financial stability. Until then, meh...

[SoonerTexan]

If something out of Outbreak or Contagion happens we are likely to recognize it first. Then we can start the IMSN Colony for real

[MrsSz]

If something out of Outbreak or Contagion happens we are likely to recognize it first. Then we can start the IMSN Colony for real

This!!

[MrsK]

Getting antibiotics for the kids without a trip to he peditrician. Especially good when the kid wakes up with pinkeye on a Sunday morning.

Having someone who understands medical billing and can let me know if insurance didn't pay because something was coded wrong and who can get it fixed.

Of course iMSN, living in different places, call nights, SAHM...

[WolfpackWife]

True or false: docs can't prescribe meds for immediate family but can for extended family? Or do they choose based on their own ethical outlook. I ask bc our neighbor (the wife of a 2nd year IM resident) said her husband won't prescribe antibiotics for her bc he thinks its unethical and risky but if she needs something he will ask a fellow resident to call it in. This is sort of disappointing bc I get more UTIs than I'd like. And nothing's worse than an urgent care office when your bladder is on fire.

[MrsK]

Antibotics have never been a problem for us. My husband will call the pharmacy and tell them that he's calling it in for our kid. We'll let the peditrician know too. However, he cannot prescribe pain meds, narcotics, anti-depressants or the like for family.

[Bittersweet]

DH won't prescribe meds for family members, extended or immediate, and I don't *think* he is technically allowed to per his contract. I could be totally wrong about the contract thing. However, I do know it's not something he feels 100% comfortable doing.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

Antibotics have never been a problem for us. My husband will call the pharmacy and tell them that he's calling it in for our kid. We'll let the peditrician know too. However, he cannot prescribe pain meds, narcotics, anti-depressants or the like for family.

This is true for us, too. Remember that residents don't have full Rx abilities - as they are "overseen" by an attending, so they can get audited. That being said, DH will have FIL call in our Rx about 99% of the time (he's an internist). Of we ever needed after-hours peds care, a co-resident is married to a peds resident, so I'm pretty sure we'd have her do it. DH has never written for DD and has only written for me once (birth control, just moved for residency).

[Deebs]

The law varies from state to state, but it is generally considered unethical to prescribe to family members, unless in cases of short tern, urgent need. Most specialty colleges have a document or FAQ on their website that discusses it. If a doc is prescribing, he/she should keep, at the minimum, a rudimentary medical record including the date prescribed, reason, etc.

[peggyfromwastate]

I would bet that docs will be limited in their prescribing ability more in the future-- at least when it comes to insurance and reimbursements. New to the military system this year is a restriction on docs prescribing for family members. Dh used to be able to write for nearly everything, but not anymore. We have had several needless dr appts this last year for things like pink eye ointment and ear drops... But insurance will not cover it if dh writes for it now. We can still take his Rx and fill it, but we will pay it all.

I bet the other insurance companies will follow suit. The military system is generally a tester for these kinds of things. Like electronic med records. We've had these for 10 years. Not a perfect system, especially since I have no paper charts for my kids. At all. This made it pretty hard to get ds11 in with Peds Endo here since we are in a civilian location. Technically I could have gone to med records and gotten them to print up our electronic records before we moved-- my mistake there!!