I Ain’t Gettin Any Younger
I definitely want to have children at some point in my life, that is something that I am sure of. But the logistics of when and how to do so are mind boggling sometimes. I didn’t want to try and have children during med school – that just seemed too challenging. And now that I’m facing residency, I can’t imagine attempting to have babies while struggling with the rigors of my graduate medical education. I’d like to be financially stable before having kids, but that is beginning to also seem quite unfeasible. By the time I’m financially stable, I will be well past my childbearing days…or at least my natural fertilization days.
Someone once told me that there is really never a good time to have children. You just do it, and try your darndest to make the best of it that you can. It’s interesting to me how the times are a changing. Women are now having children later and later in life. Artificial fertilization and implantation techniques are becoming quite advanced and women can now have children way past their “fertile years.” I’ve even been entertaining the thought of freezing my eggs.
I guess I will just have to wait and see what life has in store for me. For now, I am happy with my two furry, intellectually challenged, quadrupeds (whom I do love like children).
My name is Kendra and I am a fourth-year medical student attending 
Do it during residency. Everyone else does and it doesn’t seem impossible…..:)
I’m thought of that too! I think all womyn think of this topic when entering medcine. When to do it? When? Did i start med school so late? Or will I start med school late? Will I find someone to have children with and will understand the lifestyle I have committeed to. There are so many understanded questions. I figure be done with residency and then pop them like hot cakes. One after the other if that yerning comes and hope my mom is near to take care of them at least half time. ;0)