Pregnancy during residency

[NikkiDeee]

Any females out there (or know of any in your program) that can speak on your experience having a baby during a plastics residency? I'm just curious how difficult it is to stay on track with the rest of the residents in the program and since there are only 2 to 3 residents per year, how the program deals with your maternity leave. I'm definately interested in having a family wondered when you think a convenient time (if there ever is one) would be to start a family if you go into plastics.

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[droliver]

I've never heard of anyone pregnant during their plastics training. Most choose to do it prior to or afterwards. The brief (relatively) amount of time you have to learn such a large field does not lend itself to taking time off for maternity. In addition, as you pointed out, with 1-2 residents/year having someone off the schedule can play havok for everyone in the program. Though I'm sure no one would admit it on the record, if they thought there was a chance you wanted to have a baby during training that they would not consider you for their program.

 

[laura83]

My sister in law got her two children while she was a resident in plastic surgery. She was 36 years old when she got her first child. She worked for the first 8 months and took 1 month off. It is not impossible but hard b/c she could not see her children as much as she wanted to. I think it also depends on how flexible your program is. I am sure they will understand as long as you don't take four months off.

 

[DrDre']

Where did she "get" her children? From the normal place?

Sorry I couldn't resist...

If she adopted I apologize but I had to know.