Any former OB-gyn doctors?

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I've really enjoyed my gyn rotation. I'm not a huge fan of the OB part but the gyn surgeries are so interesting. So now the decision is between OB and Anesthesia.

Anyone else in this position? Why did you pick anesthesia?
 
A-non-y-mous said:
I've really enjoyed my gyn rotation. I'm not a huge fan of the OB part but the gyn surgeries are so interesting. So now the decision is between OB and Anesthesia.

Anyone else in this position? Why did you pick anesthesia?
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I was in the same boat as you this past August. I ultimately chose anesthesia because I felt like it was a little more well rounded. I like that I'll be caring for patients from all walks of life (rather than just women), I have a personal interest in critical care medicine and love the ICU, plus I don't particularly like clinic... In addition, I didn't like the unpredictability of the typical OB/Gyn's schedule, was frustrated by the diminishing number of Gyn-only positions and the high cost of malpractice insurance.

At the end of the day, anesthesia just felt like the right choice for me.
 
I was undecided b/w OB/GYN and anesthesia going into 4th year in May. I talked to a ton of OB/GYN and anesthesia residents and attendings (both private practice and academic). About 1/3 of the OB/GYN's seemed pretty unhappy with their jobs, while every single anesthesiologist raved about his/her field. An ophtho attending gave me some advice that stuck with me- if you absolutely love OB/GYN and can't see yourself doing anything else with your life, by all means, go into OB/GYN. However, if there's any doubt in your mind, go with anesthesia- you'll be much happier.

You might get differerent advice on the OB/GYN board. 😉
 
I spent about 3/4 of my OB rotation in the OR's. Just straight gyn. Got to scrub in on some insane Gyn-Onc disasters. Cool stuff.

The 1/4 of my time spent on the L&D unit was extremely painful. I hated every minute of it, for so many reasons, and on so many levels. That just killed the whole thing for me.

My Wife is a 4th year OBGYN. She loves it. I have no idea why because she's dead friggen tired all the time. Their residency is 2x as hard as mine. About as tough, if not tougher, than any other residency in the hospital. Brutal man.

I tried to get her to switch but no go.
 
Thanks for the advce guys!

This is exactly how I feel. L&D was complete torture. It sucks. But the gyn surgeries are so cool. I don't even mind retracting on my one billionth TAH-BSO. It's so much more bearable than the general surgery procedures.

But residency seems brutal, the female residents aren't exactly the friendliest, on top of the lifestyle, malpractice and decreasing reimbursements.
 
VentdependenT said:
I spent about 3/4 of my OB rotation in the OR's. Just straight gyn. Got to scrub in on some insane Gyn-Onc disasters. Cool stuff.

The 1/4 of my time spent on the L&D unit was extremely painful. I hated every minute of it, for so many reasons, and on so many levels. That just killed the whole thing for me.

My Wife is a 4th year OBGYN. She loves it. I have no idea why because she's dead friggen tired all the time. Their residency is 2x as hard as mine. About as tough, if not tougher, than any other residency in the hospital. Brutal man.

I tried to get her to switch but no go.
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I'd rather be a Taco Bell manager than an OB/GYN. Hands down.
 
I'd rather be a proctologist or dish pig (dishwasher) than ob/gyn.
Hands off and hands down.

Today IS a dre day!
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jetproppilot said:
I'd rather be a Taco Bell manager than an OB/GYN. Hands down.
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A-non-y-mous said:
Why?
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The unpredictability which means alotta middle of the night stuff...yes, we deal with that in anesthesia too but only on my call nights which are spaced out plenty, and I dont have to follow patients, make rounds, write notes.

I have post traumatic stress disorder from the OB clinic at U of Miami when I was a med student.

Having to look at, smell, and treat green smoke coming out of a seventy year old vagina would make me regress, forcing me to a corner to rock back and forth.

It doesnt interest me.

So Taco Bell looks much more desirable.
 
T-Bell is a major upgrade dude.

I'd settle for mopping up the O.R. floors and gabbin it up with the other folks who do the same thing.
 
A-non-y-mous said:
Why?
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I guess it comes down to what kind of cheesy tacos you want to deal with day in and day out.

I'd prefer these...
tacobell3.jpg
 
I WAS a Taco Bell manager. In college. Seriously.

And I'd rather go back to doing that than OB/GYN any day of the week.

In fact, I'd rather go back and do that over almost any other field of medicine besides anesthesia, with the exception of maybe EM, ortho, or ENT.
 
jetproppilot said:
I'd rather be a Taco Bell manager than an OB/GYN. Hands down.
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:laugh::laugh: This reminds me of my trouble making high school years. This was before the days where kids actually had cell phones... So, the local Taco Bell was like the meet up place to figure out what "was going on"... looking for parties, that sort of thing....

Well, needless to say, there was an awful lot of lingering that went on in that parking lot. My marauding buddies and I caused so much grief to the poor staff at that Taco Bell it actually makes me cringe today....

One time (and I honestly can't even remember what precipitated this) we pissed the female manager off so much that she ran out (as I was pulling away in my Blazer with about 7 dudes packed in...) and tried to stop my Blazer by hanging on to the tire-mount off the back gate of the truck..... Oh, boy......

And to add insult to injury, it was summer time, so I had the back window swung open like a pimp or something. So, when this gal was vice-gripped onto the back tire, one of my buddies in the back got the bright idea to pry her fingers off the mount. When that didn't work he started POUNDING her hands with his fists.....

I was only half aware of all this as I was mainly focused on the get away. She finally let go after:
1) I realized she was going for a ride and therefore stopped...
AND
2) My genius buddy succeeded in pounding her hands off the back.....
 
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