Moms in college

Re: Moms in college

• bijouxbleu member

  October 2015

  My fall quarter started a week after the lil guy was born. It been hard finding motivation, but I don't want to flunk out because I'm receiving student loans & and I don't want to prolong my graduate studies any longer. I typically so all my work in the evening. Now, I'm not quite sure how I will manage when i go back to work in 2weeks. I breast feed and as of right now I have not built up a stash, so not sure how that is going to work out.

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• thefuturemrsdaniel member

  October 2015

  I'm still there. I'm taking 2 classes online. Honestly my motivation is coming from I need to do something productive with my brain. Between watching TV all day while nursing and trying to remember which side I nursed on last to what exactly has my 3 year old eaten all day I need to think about warehousing and technical communications to keep my sanity haha

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• CSchoFink member

  October 2015 edited October 2015

  I'm in grad school and I'm taking one course while on maternity leave. My son was born 9/13 as well and keeping up with homework is nearly impossible. I am trying and luckily my professor is very understanding; I've taken classes with her before so she knows I'm not a slacker student. I'm very worried though...
  
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• rachellegiacco member

  October 2015

  I got my associates degree when I had my son. It was all online through university of phx. The biggest thing is to get your LO on a schedule and be very strict with it. It will pay off, knowing ahead of time that you have nap times, feedings, and outings all planned will allow you to plan your school work around that. I loved the online classes because of that freedom. I just missed out on world contact for a while haha but I think all moms do at first anyway.

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• alldaykids member

  October 2015

  I had my first son while in my undergrad and now for #3 I am in my final year of my masters. I utilize my moby wrap so I can still hold and soothe baby while doing homework and have a set time that is "school time" when DH takes baby and I lock myself in our room to do coursework. I breastfeed on demand so occasionally I get interrupted to nurse but then baby goes back to dad.

  
  

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• blondehairblueeyeditalianbaby member

  October 2015

  I was working on my last semester of my masters when I had DS. I ended up taking an incomplete in my courses and was allowed 6 months (I think) to finish. This let me finish my course work once baby was on a more predictable schedule. It was much less stressful.

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• KanishaT member

  October 2015

  My fall semester started a couple weeks before I had my son. I was taking 4 classes, 2 online and 2 on campus. I had to work with disabilities and my professors for my on campus classes, but for my online work, I worked as much in advance as I could while I was pregnant. It's nice because I didn't have to really touch any school work for the first few weeks pp. My LO is a month old now and I try doing work during feedings or when I can while he sleeps. It's hard but I try to think of the end goal and how having my degree will be better for my family.(:

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• ReneeJ2011 member

  October 2015

  I am in Nurse Midwifery school (all online plus 8 hours of clinical per week) and my plan was to get ahead before I had DS who was due 9/26 but he had to come 4 weeks 1 day early which was the first week of school.  I was put on home bed rest the first day of school and hospital bed rest the second day of school and was induced and delivered before the end of the week.  I kept all of my professors updated the whole time and they were all really great about the whole thing.  I have been working on school when I can, usually while holding DS so I know he won't interrupt in the middle of something.  He has been in all of my discussion board videos for one of my classes and ended up in one of my videos for another class because it was due and he was being SUPER fussy and DH wasn't home.   If there is something that I have to do without him such as my midterm tomorrow night I schedule it for when DH can take care of DS.  It is defiantly harder to do school with a baby but I just think of how much better it will be when I'm finished, and I just keep telling myself that at least this way he won't remember me doing school work all the time and I feel like it is much easier now than it would be if he were 2+ and actually into things or able to remember mommy having to do school work or be away for clinical.      

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• ginaannechelan member

  October 2015

  I'm two years into my doctorate program and took time off. I go back on 11/26 and I'm nervous about having the time. I'll be working from 7-2:30 M-F and DH will be home during the day, but will be gone at work from 3-10 M-Th. I've got to fit in a run or walk everyday to get my sanity back.
  
  My class is online and I can predict the due dates of things very easily. I have three or four 8 week courses before I formally begin my research. What I've done in the past is always have time set aside a day or two before assignments were due in case something came up. DH and I have discussed setting a block of time aside for me to work on the weekend while saving some family time, too. I'm setting up the front room of our house as my work space with all of LOs play stuff. Being organized will let me pick up where I leave off I'm thinking LO will also let me work if he's in his Khtan.
  
  I'm also going use Christmas break to get ahead as much as I can.

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• xJKxOR member

  October 2015

  I had my son on Sept 2 & classes started on the 8th. I'm only taking 1 class a term for my Masters in Education and it is online based with a 3-hr teleconference every Thursday. I usually put him in the wrap during the teleconference and walk around my kitchen with it on speaker phone since class is during his "witching hour" where he is usually fussy. For the rest of my work I have been sneaking it in during his naps. So far so good! My professor next term is very challenging though and we don't get along so I'm not sure how I'll manage that one when the time comes. Good luck, you can do it!

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