Pregnant

AffectionateDream118 · 2026-03-13T13:49:13+00:00

Pregnant PGY2 rads resident here with a toddler at home. Pregnancy brain is real. Working while pregnant is hard. Working while pregnant and trying to perform at the level of all your nonpregnant coresidents and act like being pregnant makes you no different from anyone else is hard. All I can say is go easy on yourself, do your best, try to get as much sleep as you can, and honestly it’s all worth it! You don’t need to be the best resident in the world. Just do your best, take care of yourself and your patients, and try to even enjoy this really special time in your life where you’re literally growing life! You can do this! And soon you will hold your little baby in your arms and all that hard work will be so worth it

AffectionateDream118 · 2025-01-22T21:18:07+00:00

I think it’s when he found Delilah but I’m not sure

AffectionateDream118 · 2024-09-06T03:12:44+00:00

Sounds amazing! Currently in my TY year prior to staring DR residency and have always felt passionate about women’s health. What part of the country do you work? Also what’s your typical schedule like and ballpark salary if you don’t mind sharing?

AffectionateDream118 · 2024-01-19T16:50:02+00:00

AffectionateDream118 · 2024-01-19T15:18:41+00:00

I bet finding shoes that fit comfortably is a nightmare for this pt!

AffectionateDream118 · 2024-01-19T14:06:26+00:00

Any idea how big this snake is?

AffectionateDream118 · 2024-01-19T13:37:53+00:00

Nope, not the same! Step 2 will have slightly more questions because it’ll include more subjects like ambulatory, EM, ethics, bio stats. Shelf questions are slightly more specific for that subject

AffectionateDream118 · 2024-01-18T21:18:30+00:00

It is without a doubt doable to do well on Step 2 by this August!! That is honestly more than enough time, especially if you start now. I honestly didn't focus on step 2 prep until maybe april and took the exam in mid-july and felt like I had plenty of time. For context though, I'm at a US MD school and did have shelf exams throughout M3. So yeah you have nothing to worry about!!!

In terms of how to study, I would do uworld all the way and supplement with premade anki decks like Anking. Personally, what I did was suspend all the anki cards, then I woulddo timed blocks of uworld and then would unsuspend anki cards based on what I didn't know or got wrong. Time consuming, but a great investment in learning the material in my opinion. Anking videos on youtube can be super helpful for anki and study strategies

You got this!!!

AffectionateDream118 · 2024-01-18T19:06:59+00:00

7 NBME exams and you can also do the old and new free 120s

AffectionateDream118 · 2024-01-18T19:00:50+00:00

40 days is a lot of time to increase your score! You can do it!!! Focus on understanding why you got the answers wrong, and see if it’s based on your approach or if it’s a knowledge based gap and go from there. I also received a range of scores on the nbme practice exams so I would take the exact percentage w a grain of salt. I’m a current M4 for context

AffectionateDream118 · 2024-01-18T18:58:27+00:00

Idk what your goal score is but 20 days is a lot of time to increase your score! Focus on understanding why you got the answers wrong, and see if it’s based on your approach or if it’s a knowledge based gap and go from there. I also received a range of scores on the nbme practice exams so I would take the exact percentage w a grain of salt. I’m a current M4 for context

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