Hawaii1234 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I am a second year PA student (female) due to commence clinical rotations in November (Graduate end of 2020). I wanted some opinions on: "Having a baby in PA school". I am 31 years old and have been married for 5 years and I feel like I would be able to have a good school/life balance however, am i being completely naive? Any advice would be great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaii1234 Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 I am a second year PA student (female) due to commence clinical rotations in November (Graduate end of 2020). I wanted some opinions on: "Having a baby in PA school". I am 31 years old and have been married for 5 years and I feel like I would be able to have a good school/life balance however, am I being completely naive? Any advice would be great! especially from anybody who has had a child during PA school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGoLong Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I'm faculty; almost every cohort has this happen during the clinical year. The student takes a month off and graduates a month late to do the missed rotation. It sometimes happens in the didactic year, but that's more complicated.Clearly it takes good family support.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepgirl Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I had a couple of classmates who had babies during clinical year. They both took off 1-2 clinical rotations after the births and their official graduation dates were delayed. I would check with your advisor to find out the official policy regarding medical leave before making any big decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT2PA Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Things to consider: What happens if you don't have an easy pregnancy and need to miss more than 1 rotation (as above)? Or can't go back to school? You don't really get maternity leave; you won't get to spend a ton of time with your newborn. You'd really have to make sure your rotations are set up so you aren't trying to do a surgery rotation right after having a baby (for example). If you can hold out, do some good family planning and consider planning for a baby right after graduation. I think you're being naive, personally, but as above, I guess it can be done. The folks in our program who had kids during school were males, obviously less physical complications to consider. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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