New--and anxious about DH starting med school in august....

Welcome Sarah!
It's hard to speak about the adjustment because it really depends on so many factors. We had a 2.5 year old when DH started medical AND we moved half the country away from home. That was a HUGE adjustment. The first two years of medical school was easy for us. DH is pretty efficient at studying..

This was us, too. DH just completed his first 2 years, and neither of us felt like it was as bad as some people had made it out to be. But it is so true that the adjustment depends on so many things. I hope that yours is an easy one.

Welcome to the board!!

[SoonerTexan]

Hello! My husband is just starting medical school as well, though he is a traditional "fresh out of undergrad" student. We can suffer through smelly anatomy lab clothes together!

[MrsK]

[scarlett09]

Welcome! This is a great place - wish I had found it before MS3! Post often!

I kept the balance during med school by making sure that DH took time away from his studies to meet up with our friends for a drink or to go to the movies with me. You have to remind them that their life is not about medicine 24/7/365, that their life is also about you, family, friends, and whatever else is important to them. And that they need to make time for those things too or else they will get all stressed out and crazy.

[medpedspouse]

Hi! Welcome!