Hello! Introducing Myself.

[peggyfromwastate]

Welcome! What is the fellowship? I know there aren't many out there and it's a small world... My husband went into sleep surgery. For me fellowship was harder than residency or med school, but that was mostly due to other things going on with my kids I think. Fellowship isn't easy though, under the best of circumstances. It's sort of a limbo year, add to that the stress of the boards! Eek!

[bokelley]

Welcome. I get it.

[ides]

Welcome!

[scrub-jay]

Welcome!

[alotofyarn]

Welcome! The two body problem is hard, and while we've made it work so far, I do worry about a potential fellowship down the line.

[MrsC]

Welcome!

[MrsK]

welcome
You'll get good advice here.

[L.Jane]

welcome! My husband is finishing up his year of fellowship. I knew I wasn't going to be able to work for the year, so what did I do... have a baby. lol not that I am recommending that. Although the enables here would be the first to do that. I was fortunate enough that I didn't need to work to make ends meet. Anyway, welcome. You've joined the right place as you start to maneuver these next few years.

[Meenah]

Welcome, so glad you found us.

[maelissa]

I would love to have a baby to care for next year, but we've struggled with infertility issues for the last 3 years and when I did get pregnant twice, they both ended in miscarriages. I think that also adds to my mini quarter/mid-life crisis. I'm not where I thought I'd be career- or family-wise, and he's progressing. Sometimes, I'm a little jealous of how sure he is of his career.

welcome! My husband is finishing up his year of fellowship. I knew I wasn't going to be able to work for the year, so what did I do... have a baby. lol not that I am recommending that. Although the enables here would be the first to do that. I was fortunate enough that I didn't need to work to make ends meet. Anyway, welcome. You've joined the right place as you start to maneuver these next few years.

[maelissa]

He's applying for head and neck surgery. I'm bracing myself for a big adjustment because even though there were some hard rotations during residency, I've had a great circle of friends here to distract and support me.

Welcome! What is the fellowship? I know there aren't many out there and it's a small world... My husband went into sleep surgery. For me fellowship was harder than residency or med school, but that was mostly due to other things going on with my kids I think. Fellowship isn't easy though, under the best of circumstances. It's sort of a limbo year, add to that the stress of the boards! Eek!

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

I would love to have a baby to care for next year, but we've struggled with infertility issues for the last 3 years and when I did get pregnant twice, they both ended in miscarriages. I think that also adds to my mini quarter/mid-life crisis. I'm not where I thought I'd be career- or family-wise, and he's progressing. Sometimes, I'm a little jealous of how sure he is of his career.

We've got an infertility thread around here somewhere. We've got people who've been through meds, IUI, IVF, adoption, male factor infertility, female infertility, etc. Feel free to post or not post about it if you want support.

[niener]

I would love to have a baby to care for next year, but we've struggled with infertility issues for the last 3 years and when I did get pregnant twice, they both ended in miscarriages. I think that also adds to my mini quarter/mid-life crisis. I'm not where I thought I'd be career- or family-wise, and he's progressing. Sometimes, I'm a little jealous of how sure he is of his career.

Yep I've had (am having still? a little bit anyway) that same quarter/mid-life crisis. When we moved for residency I figured I'd get a part-time job and reproduce for a couple of years, then a couple of years went by and we still didn't have a baby and I had what barely qualified as a part-time job and wondered what the hell I was supposed to be doing with my life. I'm finally a couple of weeks away from delivering our first but she took about 2.5 years to get here. There's a fairly decent sized contingent of ladies in here who have struggled with infertility as well. Most of those discussions have happened in the private areas of the forum since, as I'm sure you understand, they tend to get more personal. Stick around and I think you'll find a lot of commonalities with our group!

[WolfpackWife]

Welcome, we're significantly further behind you (latter half of MS-3 here), but I understand the stress and anxiety and loneliness of the unknowns, the impending changes, possible movies, and the 'what am I going to do with myself' feeling. It's really tough - more so for some than others. I'm one of the ones who has and still is having a really hard time. You've found an amazingly supportive, intuitive, patient, and fun place. There is so much here that the members have to offer. We're looking forward to getting to know you! Where are you possibly moving?

[alotofyarn]

I would love to have a baby to care for next year, but we've struggled with infertility issues for the last 3 years and when I did get pregnant twice, they both ended in miscarriages. I think that also adds to my mini quarter/mid-life crisis. I'm not where I thought I'd be career- or family-wise, and he's progressing. Sometimes, I'm a little jealous of how sure he is of his career.

I'm sorry to hear about this! Unfortunately you're in good company here. We struggled with infertility as well and miscarried our first baby. It's rough going through that and trying to manage a medical relationship too. We had to schedule SAs and IUIs around my hubby's away and specialty rotations in 4th year, and the miscarriage was during residency interviews.