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Re:No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep by koolba on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @05:23PM (#13224778)
Why can't you have children? Would it completely throw her off her eventual completion of her residency or just delay it?

All women deal with it differently, but most are able to function within their normal bounds until at least the six or seventh month.

> Writing this comment makes me realize how painful it feels at times that her medical training runs our lives.

s/runs/ruins/?

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Re:No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep by kelnos on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @07:24PM (#13225691)
Post-birth is a consideration as well. Assuming the parents intend to breast-feed, the child will need the mother every hour or two for several months after birth. After a few month the interval widens, but not by much -- at least, not by enough to allow the mother to take on anywhere near a regular doctor's workload. So it's not just the last few months of pregnancy that are a concern.
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