November 2012 Moms
8 weeks pregnant in graduate school
Anyone ever experience being pregnant in graduate school? It's hard to talk to others who are not students, because they don't understand what I am going through.
This discussion has been closed.
Re: 8 weeks pregnant in graduate school
I haven't personally.. but I did just graduate, and knowing how stressful college is all on its' own, my thoughts go out to you!
Me! It hasn't been so bad so far, but lots of girls in my class have been pregnant. I'm in a cohort program through my company though, so it may be a little different environment than your program. good luck to you!
I'm 10 weeks pregnant in grad school, and have found that people who aren't in a grad program often don't understand how hard it is to manage all the competing demands and plan a future that balances baby and education, but also that there are many people in my graduate program who I can't talk to about my concerns. I recently had to reveal my pregnancy to administrators well before I wanted to because of complications that arose from funding assignments. And I'll have to go back to teaching 6 weeks after giving birth to keep my health insurance and income.
Just know that there you're not alone in whatever struggles you're facing as a pregnant grad student!
<a href="https://www.thebump.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Pregnancy"><img src="https://global.thebump.com/tickers/tt12c606.aspx" alt=" BabyFruit Ticker" border="0" /></a>
I have now been pregnant twice while in Grad School and work in an academic advising office for Graduate students.
I started my Masters in Accounting in Fall 2010. We had been told it would take at least a year to get pregnant, so I figured I would obtain my Master's as a distraction. I ended up getting pregnant 9 days after my first course started. I took last summer off when I had DS, and there were times that I wish I would have taken my classes as I would be done in August instead of December.
If you are anything like me, it is extremely difficult to concentrate and I do not feel that my quality of work is the same while pregnant. However, I encourage you to buckle down and get as much done before your LO arrives. I have so many things I would rather do, but I know once I have 2 LO's, I just wont have the time any more. I will finish in December, about 2 weeks after this LO is born.
From a working standpoint, people that stop out due to pregnancy/birth tend to have a more difficult time coming back. Most grad programs have a strict time frame to complete and if you fail to complete, you have to start over.
It isn't *totally* fair, but I am teaching Grad school for the first time. I am finding it extremely stressful since I want to do an amazing job and get good references for when I am ready to go back to work in the future, but I am having twins. I am tired all the time.
Though it seems that because I make my own work schedule (minus classtime) that I would be less stressed, but I always feel like the responsibility is hanging over me. I am hoping that as I become more familiar with teaching, and maybe when the worst of thus nausea passes, I will feel more sane.
I don't have advice; I just wanted to say that I know about the push and pull of school.After 2 years of TTC#1, 2 losses, & a lot of prayers, we're hoping this is it!