Pregnant nursing student....

[CrunchyMama]

Took a couple tests over the weekend and they were positive. I called my midwifes office and made my 1st appointment. Ok, we are excited!! I'm in my last semester and we knew we wanted another eventually and I'm glad it's happening now that school is almost over. However I'm worried about finding a job! I have fertility issues and have needed meds to get pregnant with both my kids, so this is a ******* miracle and didn't expect it to happen, lol. We planned on waiting until I was working before seriously trying. So I'll be about 4 months pregnant at graduation and plan on taking the boards ASAP after that. How likely is it that an employer will discrimate against hiring a pregnant person? I know legally they probably can't, but I know it probably happens, right? Any experience with this?

[CrunchyMama, ASN, RN]

Thanks all for your input. I talked to my instructor today and she basically told me the same thing you all are telling me. I've been thinking and maybe it'll just be easier for me to wait until AFTER the baby is born to start looking for a job. I mean I don't want to do that, I want to start working ASAP but I wouldn't want to work for a couple months and be out for another couple and plus, like you said Fiona59, that's why employers are cautious when hiring a pregnant woman. I've heard of some countries doing the 1 year maternity leave....that's awesome! Where do you live? This is going to be very hard for me because I've been a SAHM, so leaving a baby is going to be hard but I knew this would happen, lol.