Pregnant and nursing school?

mama.RN · Feb 16, 2014

First, congratulations, second, it will really depend on how things go with your pregnancy/delivery which is impossible to predict. I was pregnant while taking required prereqs prior to nursing school and my due date was just after finals week. Luckily, things went fine and my little one didn't show up early. I then started nursing school when he was 8 months old. Once in nursing school, two classmates became pregnant during the second semester and it went differently for each. One gave birth on a Thursday and was back in class on Monday (!) and was able to continue without a problem and graduate on time. She had a great support system and husband/family who could stay home with the baby. The other student had to drop out due to pregnancy and birth complications and lack of support. Now that I think of it, there was a third student who became pregnant after years of trying, and just decided to take a year off. It can be done, but it is difficult and it just depends on how things go. But in the big picture, it's not the end of the world if you have to delay school.

dkmamato3 · Feb 16, 2014

While pregnancy may not be ideal during nursing school it happens. I recently found myself pregnant with our number 4 .. not planned and very unexpected. Luckily I am due after we graduate and I hope for an uneventful pregnancy. I wish you a long and healthy pregnancy. It can be done. You need to find your inner strength and garner up a good support network to help you through. Blessings to you.

NurseGirl525, ASN, RN · Feb 16, 2014

I started an associate degree program in nursing school two years ago with a four week old. She is my third baby. And I am now in my final semester of the same program five months pregnant with my fourth child and when graduation happens in May, I will be just a few weeks away from delivering. My children are 7, 6, and 2. It's VERY hard. Doable with a good support system. I believe those negative people who say things such as I could never do it or I wouldn't do it or you should just drop.....say those things because they really couldn't handle it. To each their own. Good luck! And you will look back and think, what an accomplishment. I also know of two other girls in the program who are more pregnant than I am and have seen other girls pregnant in the past in the program and do just fine.

I respectfully disagree with this comment. That is great for you, but it is extremely hard. It just is. What I was trying to make her understand is she will soon experience a love that she has never felt before and it will be hard to go back. It's not that any one of us couldn't do it, but also understanding the difficultness of motherhood, it's going to be hard. Great for you, for being able to do it, but you are not any better than the rest of us and I don't appreciate that snarky comment.

Mom2ballerinas · Feb 17, 2014

I respectfully disagree with this comment. That is great for you, but it is extremely hard. It just is. What I was trying to make her understand is she will soon experience a love that she has never felt before and it will be hard to go back. It's not that any one of us couldn't do it, but also understanding the difficultness of motherhood, it's going to be hard. Great for you, for being able to do it, but you are not any better than the rest of us and I don't appreciate that snarky comment.

By no means was this comment supposed to come off as snarky and I'm sorry that you took it that way. And this has nothing to do with you or your comment to the original poster. I had to actually go back and find what you originally said, so I respectfully disagree with you that I was being snarky. I in fact, agree with what you had to say to her. If anything, I was regarding this to the many teachers, possible classmates, and to even the first responder to this post stating something about "not understanding the rationale of getting pregnant in nursing school." And I believe I did state and put it caps that it is VERY hard. I cried every single day when I started with the first semester with my little four week old who is now two. It is still hard. And I certainly do not think I am better than anyone else. In fact, I am incredibly modest and humble. I also have respect to those who work full time or even balance several jobs while attending nursing school. Do I think these ladies or men who mention in my class how many hours they work and put into nursing school think they are better than all of us because they have to work twice as hard??? Certainly not. My house is a big mess most of the time, I miss out on a lot of activities, my older girls dislike me being away all the time. My point was it is doable and not to listen to anyone saying otherwise. I don't think that has anything to do with your comment. And that is all I have to say.

jgoodmanrn · Feb 17, 2014

I had my son three days before my Spring semester of my 3rd year of nursing school. Missed 2 weeks...caught up and then went on to nurse him through the fall semester of my senior year when I learned I was pregnant with my daughter. I graduated while 3mo pregnant with two other children at home. My husband and I were married the fall before I was accepted to the program.. long story,long...its doable but not easy but then again nursing school is never easy. I was hired as an RN at 8mo gestation and took 6 weeks leave in the middle of my orientation. I graduated with honors and am a happy and good nurse today. Stick with it!

R. Obias Jr., R.N. · Feb 18, 2014

Pregnancy during the times when you are in school is a humbling experience. It makes you realize the importance and significance of your actions. You learn to focus on your life and make choices and decisions that will make or break what would come out of your future. I salute the nursing students and other pregnant women who push through with their studies and careers despite of the hardship of their every day schedules in school.