Infertility, high rates of regret for the delay of childbearing and relationship strain can make family building difficult for many physicians, according to the results of research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
“For physicians who desire children, the family-building journey is often complicated by infertility, stress, childbearing delays, and professional pressures,” Morgan S. Levy, BS, an MD/MPH student at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote.
Physicians tend to initiate childbearing at later ages than people in the general population —