Caveat - only an M3, so minimal personal experience, but am applying this fall so I've done a good amount of research into the field.
1. Yes if you find the right practice setting & location in general practice; not sure how difficult it is to do so from the beginning but it's relatively common. You could also do a non-ob fellowship (urogyn, gyn onc, MIS).
2. See #1, you'd have to find this position which might be hard. Most groups would expect you to at minimum split OB call early in your career. I imagine it would be difficult financially to start a solo practice as gyn-only.
3. See #2, unless you're fellowship trained in a gyn-only field, you'll make significantly less (at least in the beginning of your career) without OB.
4. As long as you're board certified, I don't see why you couldn't resume later.
If you don't want to do OB simply because of the call and cost of malpractice insurance, it's important to realize your opinions are likely skewed by your experience with a solo practice. The majority of obgyns now are either employed or part of larger groups with 5+ partners. The burden of malpractice insurance for OB is significantly less in these situations than it is in solo practice, not to mention call is much more manageable in a group (q5 nights and q5 weekends in a 5 person group, for example) than it would be in solo practice.
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