Can't focus on anything but the bump

Re: Can't focus on anything but the bump

• honkytonk_kid member

  September 2012

  I got engaged, planned a wedding, got married, and got pregnant in school, most of it nursing school. LO was born 3 weeks after I graduated, and I took my boards when he was a month old.

  The only thing worse than trying to study while distracted by baby thoughts would be having to repeat those classes while distracted by an ACTUAL baby.

  Suck it up, mama! Said very lovingly, of course Use the bump, reading, etc as a BREAK from studying. Timers, check lists, going somewhere without internet access to study, study groups are all good ideas.
  

  
  
  
  

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• saraboston

  September 2012

  The exhaustion goes away after the 1st tri. It was horrible for me--I slept at least 12 hours a day until I hit about 13 weeks. But, I do slightly agree with PP. It's going to be much easier while your pregnant than it will be with a baby at home. But you can do it--lots of women do! GL!
  

   
  

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• ravenelizabeth

  September 2012

  While I appreciate the encouragement, some things are easier said than done. I have been undergoing fertility treatments for PCOS related infertility and my husband and I were TTC for three years before decided that we needed to take a break and focus on our life as it is now. I recently got out of the military and my husband is still in, so I am no stranger to multitasking; having been in school, planned a wedding with no help, and performing my job as a Marine without taking time off and then moving us from coast to coast a few months later to end up going through the home buying process without my husband.

  I had become convinced that I would most likely not be able to get pregnant without medical treatment, so this pregnancy is a complete surprise. Even my fertility doctors are surprised. I know everything I can know about PCOS and I learn more all the time when I can find new research data. I find solutions for things as they happen and anticipate worst case scenarios. So I did little reading about actually being pregnant because it wasn't happening and being pregnant most definitely is not my worst case scenario. I figured I had time to learn about it before starting treatments again, plus the 9 months wait...and I'd be a lot more level headed about it than I have turned out to be. I'm excited, in disbelief, and terrified nearly all day. I advocate tough love, but there are too many women on this site with back stories where that approach may not be applicable.

  

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• 1026pumpkin member

  September 2012

  Ditto the PPs- it's natural to be excited  and distracted by a baby on the way.  Come up with a schedule to get the "have to" stuff done, and bump/research baby stuff at the end of the day as a reward for getting stuff done.

   School won't get any easier with a baby, so try to get as much done now as you can. 

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• ridesbuttons member

  September 2012

  honkytonk_kid:

  The only thing worse than trying to study while distracted by baby thoughts would be having to repeat those classes while distracted by an ACTUAL baby.
  

  The truth.

  Regardless of how any of us ended up here, being pregnant is 1000X easier and less distracting than life will be in 8ish months.

  Enjoy the ride, but continue to live your life.

  promised myself I'd retire when I turned gold, and yet here I am

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