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Maybe you'll be able to create the job you want when you are done. My pediatrician works two days a week and she has four kids. Every time I go to an appointment I am always a little jealous of her setup. I work so much and wish I had the kind of job I could pick my hours. One of my neighbors is a family medicine doctor and she works ten twelve hour shifts a month at an urgent care center. Twenty days off each month. I kind of wish I could have that job too.

i've been reading this book - some of the talk is repetitive and not necessarily something i relate too, but so much of it is point on.. i think a lot of people our age can relate to this romanticized view of home life due to burn out on the career world, it's really interesting little tidbits and interviews with other women and why they are refocused on domestic life.

http://www.amazon.com/Homeward-Bound-Women-Embracing-Domesticity/dp/145166544X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372724299&sr=8-1&keywords=new+domesticity

@Claire.Peonies: I am in your shoes!! While I dont think I could ever be a full time sahm I would love to work a whole lot less. I am in deep student loan debt and will be working a ton until I feel its manageable. Its definitely changed my thoughts on building my family as I know I cant handle more kiddos and work right now. It sucks, but im hoping in 5-6 years a significant portion of my loans will be gone and ill be in a much better situation to have more family time. Its so hard to find the balance!

I love my job but some days I'm dying to just be a SAHM. Just so overrun and tired from work anymore. Excited for the season to end so I can go on maternity leave.

@Claire.Peonies: Just emailed you!

You're almost there! Get through this last year then you have lots more decisions at your feet.

I def got burned out by work, well mainly the BS that went with it. I was a post-doc in infectious diseases when I got pregnant and my husband's an MD/PhD student. He talked about taking a year off if things were going well since I was unhappy but having good collaborations/papers, figured suffer through to get somewhere. But things went to shit once I announced my pregnancy and I really just needed a mental break after all the BS.

I love being at home with my daughter and there's zero part of me that can imagine working 70-80 hour weeks with a LO while my husband was a 3rd year med student. We live a much more relaxed life and DH gets lots of LO time. I work part time sometimes but I do wish I could focus on finding a bit more work in line with my goals, I just love staying at home a little too much though so I find it hard to get motivated to put myself back out there and baby #2 is on the way.

I feel your pain but finish up and you'll have lots of options whether you decide you want to work full time or part time or both you and your husband do some combo of something. Good luck!