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  • #1

    New here

    Hi
    I am new here, my husband is a PGY1 IM resident and I am adjusting to residency right along with him. I am a nurse practitioner. We have a 1 year old son. Obviously we are only 1 month into residency but its a challenge. I hate not knowing our schedule. I hate only seeing my husband briefly at night before he passes out from exhaustion. I mostly hate how he doesn't get to see our son much. I am really thankful that we had our son during 4th year of med school as he was around a lot to see the first year. Being a (mostly) SAHM, I am trying to find things to do during the day to pass the time, so that I am not bored, starting at a wall. Anyone can relate?
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    Welcome! We had our 3rd kid during 4th year too!
    Veronica
    Mother of two ballerinas and one wild boy

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    • #3
      Welcome! It is so hard doing so much on your own. This site is a great resource, and we all get it. Looking forward to getting to know you!
      Laurie
      My team: DH (anesthesiologist), DS (9), DD (8)

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      • #4
        Welcome!
        Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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        • #5
          Welcome!!
          Wife to PGY4 & Mother of 3.

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          • #6
            PGY4 Nephrology Fellow

            Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.

            ~ Rumi

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            • #7
              I think we all relate. We get it, you've come to the right place.
              Tara
              Married 20 years to MD/PhD in year 3 of MFM fellowship. SAHM to five wonderful children (#6 due in August), a sweet GSD named Bella, a black lab named Toby, and 1 guinea pig.

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              • #8
                Welcome! I think many of us can relate to the single mom residency makes us. Residency blows but you have found a great group full of support & knowledge!
                Wife to Hand Surgeon just out of training, mom to two lovely kittys and little boy, O, born in Sept 08.

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                • #9
                  I can relate.

                  We had our first (of, currently, three) at the beginning of his MS4 year. He was then gone, for almost three months straight, interviewing for the (then) early match. Boy guy. This was long long before Skype and so forth. He barely recognized DS#1 when he came home!

                  I currently work full-time but have to work from home on Mondays and Fridays, and our two younger ones--DD#1 and DD#1--are with me. I am not bored because I still have a full plate of work from the office, but I feel the struggle of the monotony and necessary structure of spending four days straight with two under three. I am so sick of peanut butter and Target-brand Goldfish crackers. If I never smell those foods again ever, it will only be too soon...

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                  • #10
                    Welcome! We don't have kids, but we're also going through intern year in IM. We can definitely relate to a lot of the things you mentioned.
                    Cristina
                    IM PGY-2

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                    • #11
                      Hiiiiiiiiiiii!
                      High school sweetheart and wife to an MS4 cutie, and mom to pretty baby J, silly Siamese kitty, crazy Weim, and funny ferret.

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                      • #12
                        Welcome! What are you doing to fill your days? Did you move for residency? 1 year old is tough in that there is still a lot of nap time and melt downs, plus you don't have all the distractions of an older kid, activities and friend's families. I remember feeling like a slave to the naps...bored and isolated. Plus, your spouse isn't able to fully emotionally support you through this transition because s/he's exhausted and stressed out. Welcome to iMSN.
                        -Ladybug

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                        • #13
                          Welcome!! No kids yet, but we are adjusting to PGY1 right along with you.

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                          • #14
                            Welcome! And ditto what ChristinaMarie said.
                            I'm just trying to make it out alive!

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                            • #15
                              Hi and Welcome!
                              -L.Jane

                              Wife to a wonderful General Surgeon
                              Mom to a sweet but stubborn boy born April 2014
                              Rock Chalk Jayhawk GO KU!!!

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