Any mommy-to-be's in college?

Re: Any mommy-to-be's in college?

• mechele88 member

  March 2016

  I am currently in college also.  I am finishing up my prerequisites for my BSN. I have to postpone RN program until next fall because i can't take classes over the summer because I will have just had my son. I have to depend on my husband's pay.

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• jthomas2270 member

  March 2016

  I'm in the final year of my doctoral program in counseling. I had my first baby my second year in. It's not easy being a student, mom, and working, but it's only temporary and is so worth it in the end. I'm taking the summer off and will resume in the fall (hopefully finishing May 2017)

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• ruggles0909 member

  March 2016

  I am a masters counseling student and am also not taking classes this summer. I pretty much laughed at them when they told me classes started not even 2 weeks after my due date. I have finals the week before I'm due and that freaks me out some. I had my son in the middle of spring break my junior year of undergrad and that was pretty stressful. Luckily I have had some fantastic faculty that have helped me continue. Good luck everyone! 

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• kitandcat member

  March 2016

  I am about halfway through my Master's degree and I decided to take the current semester off so I didn't have to be in class while in late pregnancy, especially with finals usually near my due date! I struggled with what would be harder - taking a class while working full time and in my third trimester, or with an infant but staying at home. I've had a pretty difficult pregnancy, especially the last couple months, so right now it feels like I made the right choice! My plan was to go back in the Fall (late August), since LO will be about 2 1/2 - 3 months. My degree is through the University of Iowa but is 100% online and classes are in the evening... so hopefully it will be manageable since my husband should be home! We shall see... I imagine it will be difficult. My husband is trying to convince me to take another semester off, which sounds tempting, but not so much when I think about extending school an entire year!! 
  
  I am so thankful for my full time job though, they pay for all of my tuition and half of my books so that at least takes away the financial burden. It will be different when I'm staying at home though and have to fork up the funds myself on just my husband's income :-/ 
  
  Good luck to everyone!! I think we'll all be so happy and proud of ourselves in the end!! And inspiring for our LOs as well!!

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• 1mae2016 member

  March 2016

  I'm definitely trying to keep in mind that this is something I'll be able to share with LO for when she feels like her life is getting tough, especially since the unexpected conception of her is what pushed me to start school. Regardless, it's too late to stop now! And there's no way we could comfortably provide for a child without me finishing school and getting involved in a real career. Until a few months ago I was working part time at a Montessori School, but that's slightly irrelevant. I'm glad to know I'm not alone! I really hope for the best for you ladies and that it all works out in your favor!

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• emilyj77 member

  March 2016

  I'm currently in my first year of grad school. I started my program in August and found out we were pregnant in September. While it sounded like a completely achievable concept back in August, now I'm wishing I hadn't started down this path. Going to grad school, working full time and the mother of a 4 year old, plus being a wife, daughter and friend is so much work. However I also know that if I didn't do this now, I wouldn't be able to do it later when our kids are older. I want to be involved in my daughter's school and our lives are only going to get busier from here on out. So rather than counting down the weeks till LO's due date, I'm counting down the weeks till my last assignment is due, which is 2 weeks before my due date. I'm putting off all of the nursery/baby prep until then. Even though I'm dying to do some of it now.
  I feel extremely lucky to be able to take the summer off from both school and work to be with LO. I'm planning on starting back to school and work in the fall, although I'm only planning on taking one course, instead of the three I have right now.
  While this doesn't answer your question OP, I appreciate the opportunity commiserate with fellow students who are also in our third trimester. Good luck to us all!

  
  

  
  

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• krisspy22 member

  March 2016

  I'm in law school at night while I work a full time job, and it's seriously tough. Fortunately I do have some maternity leave with my job and my DH still works so we will continue to have our usual income, but I'm taking the summer off from classes. That means I will end up graduating a semester later than I had planned, but I know it will all be worth it in the end. Fortunately my professors have all been very accommodating to my situation.
  

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• PYLWhammy member

  March 2016

  I'm a doctoral student (have been for a very long time!). I don't take classes anymore but am working on my dissertation (I also work full time). Thankfully, my committee is understanding and supports my taking a few months off after baby is here. I'm trying to write as much as possible before May, but that isn't going too well. Going to grad school was one of the stupider decisions I've ever made..

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• megnwingate member

  March 2016

  I actually graduate 3 days before my due date. My 1st came at 36.5 weeks...so we are hoping Deuce makes it to at least 37w. I've spoke to the director of my program and I am actually taking on 1 extra day of clinic every week to try and make up for days I would miss if I went into early labor. So far it looks like I'm good from 37w on, but we will see. If I go into labor earlier I will have to take an 'I' for the semester and finish clinic in the summer.....BUT I WILL make graduation this semester. No way am I waiting! 

  
  

  
  

  
  
  BFP#1: 11/15/2010 * Missed M/C 12/28 * D&C 12/29/2010

  BFP#2: 3/31/2011 * IT'S A GIRL! * Born 11/17/2011

  BFP#3 CP 11/15/2014 

  BFP#4 9/3/2015 * Team Green turned PINK * Born 05/16/2016
  BFP#5 12/26/2017 *SURPRISE* Due 09/02/2018

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• Bellodomani member

  March 2016

  My situation is a little different, but I found out I'd been accepted to my dream grad program like 3 weeks after learning we were pregnant. I have a toddler already and my husband just became CFO at his company and is never home, so I am deferring for a year because I just don't know if I'm up to the task of balancing all that right away. As is, I'll start when this baby is 1 and my son is 3, that'll be crazy enough for me!

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• amberraysofdawn member

  March 2016

  Before I found out I was pregnant, the plan was to spend the fall semester adjusting to the new job, and spend the spring working towards my Master's in Library Science (while also still working).
  
  Hyperemesis threw the work plans out the window, and even though my chosen school program is mostly online...yeah, no. I'm super scatterbrained as is on a normal basis, and pregnancy has made it 1000x worse. And let's face it...finals are in May, right around when I'm due. I've seen the article about that super awesome lady who powered through contractions while taking her finals, and while I definitely admire her strength and determination, I have zero desire to emulate her. :P 
  
  I'm planning on doing the SAHM thing after LO is born (at least until she is in school), but I'll definitely be picking up classes again in the fall. Even if they are online and more flexible, I'm hoping that we'll be on something of a more set schedule than I know we'll have during the previous months. 
  
  I kind of want to take one of those free online go-at-your-own-pace Open Courses, though. I actually really love the learning experience (most of the time), and have been kind of missing it. And there are some really good topics in some places. 

  

  
  

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• togmama member

  March 2016

  I am due May 7th and graduation is May 22 for me! We are cutting it close but I have fulfilled all graduation requirements and my teachers are being great about it all! With that said I am relying on SO's income  for the first month and will work nights part time this summer so I understand the money stressors, I literally have nightmares about it all! Also having trouble finding anyone who wants to hire a teacher who is 8 and half months pregnant 

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• Chappy_jr member

  March 2016

  I'm not a student but I teach college and mainly to adult students at night - many of whom have been pregnant during my courses.  I don't have any advice about handling your finances but I do just want to pipe in and say that I am constantly in awe of my students who manage to work and go to school and be pregnant (and to those who also do it with kids, whether currently pregnant or not).  You amaze me and make me feel lazy in comparison!

  
  

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• allisonmunson94 member

  March 2016

  I am! (Kind of?) nothing official yet, but I am currently in the process of enrolling for the fall semester. I plan to quit my job and go back to school full-time in the fall. I was left some money for educational purposes in my grandmothers will and it should be enough for me to get through to get an associates degree. I plan to go for early childhood education. I graduated high school in 2012, got married in June 2015, and am due May 2, 2016. I knew having a family was not something that I wanted to wait to do, and it is nerve-wracking thinking about going back to school after a four-year break, but its something that I am willing to do in order to avoid sitting at a call center for the rest of my life. I just feel like I've been going through the past few years not really working towards any career goal, and it's definitely time. 

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• Pascal86 member

  March 2016

  @allisonmunson94 I was SO burned out by the end of college, and pretty directionless in general. I think having taken a break and also having the motivation of understanding what jobs are there for you without a college degree (not as a rule, but in many cases) gives you a HUGE leg up. You'll be fresh and motivated. You were in school (presumably) for 12 years before that, so I'm sure you'll pick it back up!

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