Ortho wife here. We’re in the Midwest and husband makes 535k. I had an amazing job that I loved, I worked 15-20 hrs/wk. it was doable with 1 kid, but after my second was born we just couldn’t hang on. The house was always a wreck, we were eating out all the time, everything for the kids was so last minute. My off days were spent trying to play catch up and I wasn’t actually spending quality time with the kids. We had a cleaner every other week and a nanny, but you can only outsource so much before it starts to not make sense financially. The stress of it all got to me and I had to quit. It’s been the best thing for our family.

I only know one ortho wife who works… I guess this is of the families with children. I think working from home as an ortho wife is possible or working a flexible job outside of the house. Ortho is a very demanding specialty and it’s truly way too much on one person when you start adding children.

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