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I am not in Optometry School yet, hopefully will be next Fall, but I wanted to get the perspective of those who are already in school. In my hometown, hardly anyone goes to college and now everyone my age is having kids or already had them, including my brothers and sister. I feel like I am way behind when everyone asks me what my future plans are, because I know that if I go to Optometry School, I will have to put off having kids for even longer.
So my question is, does anyone have kids while in Optometry school, or know anyone who has? Is it possible to balance everything, do professors allow time off, etc? I feel like if I wait to have kids until after Optometry school I will just put it off even longer as I will be occupied with starting my own practice and paying off loans. If I do that I will be almost 30, and have a very limited time to have kids. I'm thinking that maybe I will take a few years off between undergrad and Optometry to have kids. I really want to be an Optometrist but I also really want to have kids too. I don't know what to do... any advice would be greatly appreciated.