Anyone planning to start a family before Nursing School or has?

FutureLPNNursing · Apr 2, 2016

And by the way no negative comment please, I don't have concerns with moving and having to drive to see my husband or him having to drive, my marriage it's pretty strong or else I wouldn't be going on 8years LOL... He wants a baby and so do I but really wish I would atleast have my LPN done...I have other reasons why I want to have a baby so soon.. It's due to a uterine fibroid I had, recovering from that surgery and could TTC in 2weeks. Doc said its ok to wait that I don't have to rush but are age and my circumstance of chance of regrowth before I even plan to get pregnant scare me!!! I'm also aware that fibroids can grow throughout pregnancy cuz of hormones.

LPNtoRNin2016OH, LPN · Apr 3, 2016

Well first I think the important thing is to decide if you want to do nursing or house flipping. That would solve a lot of your question if you decided to go the house flipping route. I entered nursing pre-requisites (for an LPN-RN bridge program) with two small children and I gave birth to my third child 15 months ago smack in the middle of fall semester. It's been hard, stressful, and exhausting for all of us. I had post partum complications after my third was born and he himself had some issues from being born slightly early. I nearly had to quit school because of it but thankfully I was able to hang in there due to the support of my husband.

My advice would be wait till your done if you really want to be a nurse, it will be so much easier to go through without kids. Plus you will rely a lot on your husband for the parenting duties with how busy you will be and that may be hard for a first time dad. My husband was an old pro by the time I went back to school and it was a challenge for him to become a single parent 75% of the time because I also worked full time for two years of it.

Pregnancies and delivery do not always go as planned and it could throw a wrench in your schooling plans if so. Good luck with your decision.

FutureLPNNursing · Apr 4, 2016

Well first I think the important thing is to decide if you want to do nursing or house flipping. That would solve a lot of your question if you decided to go the house flipping route. I entered nursing pre-requisites (for an LPN-RN bridge program) with two small children and I gave birth to my third child 15 months ago smack in the middle of fall semester. It's been hard, stressful, and exhausting for all of us. I had post partum complications after my third was born and he himself had some issues from being born slightly early. I nearly had to quit school because of it but thankfully I was able to hang in there due to the support of my husband.
My advice would be wait till your done if you really want to be a nurse, it will be so much easier to go through without kids. Plus you will rely a lot on your husband for the parenting duties with how busy you will be and that may be hard for a first time dad. My husband was an old pro by the time I went back to school and it was a challenge for him to become a single parent 75% of the time because I also worked full time for two years of it.
Pregnancies and delivery do not always go as planned and it could throw a wrench in your schooling plans if so. Good luck with your decision.

Thanks for the reply first off, and yes I have put thought into all of this on what exactly I want to do.. I believe nursing is more of a promised pay, benefits etc. Business in house flipping I'm sure is an awesome pay but I just don't want to jump into this business not having something to fall back on if things hit the fan. It would be nice to have my degree in nursing. I was thinking working 12hr shifts or even part time as a nurse and flipping at least 2 homes a year would workout for me. I don't know how it is to be in house flipping business but I'm sure those successful in that business started somewhere and had to of had a job and income to flip homes.

NurseGirl525, ASN, RN · Apr 4, 2016

Can I ask why people do this, ask a question on an anonymous Internet forum, and then say no negative comments? Which translates to, if you don't agree with me and my plan then I don't want to hear it. Why do you ask a question then?? I'm not saying whether I think your plan is feasible or not, but why come on here? I don't get it.

LeChien, BSN, RN · Apr 4, 2016

Can I ask why people do this, ask a question on an anonymous Internet forum, and then say no negative comments? Which translates to, if you don't agree with me and my plan then I don't want to hear it. Why do you ask a question then?? I'm not saying whether I think your plan is feasible or not, but why come on here? I don't get it.

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And why not discuss it with hubby...?

FutureLPNNursing · Apr 5, 2016

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And why not discuss it with hubby...?

Sure have:) and he agrees with me pursuing nursing and thinks it's smart to do nursing with flipping on the side up till I build my business all the way.. Just wanted to see any women that have been in the same boat with pregnancy in nursing school or with a family and nursing school

FutureLPNNursing · Apr 5, 2016

Can I ask why people do this, ask a question on an anonymous Internet forum, and then say no negative comments? Which translates to, if you don't agree with me and my plan then I don't want to hear it. Why do you ask a question then?? I'm not saying whether I think your plan is feasible or not, but why come on here? I don't get it.

Lol and I just don't get how you always end up on my threads out of thousands of threads.? Not the first you come off negative.. And what I mean by no negative comments I'm referring to posts that lead to drama like yours:) and obviously I'm willing to hear out input other then mine that's why I posted read the first comment I'm actually thankful for these type of ppl that genuinely give out an opinion without negativity

LawP15 · Apr 5, 2016

Hey there! I love both of your ideas, the nursing and the flipping business. I will recommend getting into the nursing as soon as possible. And then do the flipping business in your 40's or 50's. It's a lots of fun and great money maker, but you need a lot of free time. As far as the pregancy, I will recommend to wait. I know we all expect to have a normal healthy pregancy, but that is not always the case. I'm a healthy person. I have a healthy lifestyle. And never in my life than I thought I will have an unhealthy pregnancy. Which kept me from working at 10 weeks, put me on bedrest at 18 weeks and hospital bedrest at 22 weeks. In this whole process, I lost one baby ( I was pregnant with twins mo-Di) the emotional and physical pain I have been will have kept me from school or any sort of activity. Also being pregnant and not having your hubby close like 30 mins close is kind of risky. Wish you the best!

FutureLPNNursing · Apr 5, 2016

Hey there! I love both of your ideas, the nursing and the flipping business. I will recommend getting into the nursing as soon as possible. And then do the flipping business in your 40's or 50's. It's a lots of fun and great money maker, but you need a lot of free time. As far as the pregancy, I will recommend to wait. I know we all expect to have a normal healthy pregancy, but that is not always the case. I'm a healthy person. I have a healthy lifestyle. And never in my life than I thought I will have an unhealthy pregnancy. Which kept me from working at 10 weeks, put me on bedrest at 18 weeks and hospital bedrest at 22 weeks. In this whole process, I lost one baby ( I was pregnant with twins mo-Di) the emotional and physical pain I have been will have kept me from school or any sort of activity. Also being pregnant and not having your hubby close like 30 mins close is kind of risky. Wish you the best!

Ugh I'm so sorry to hear about your loss:( I totally get what you mean cuz it's true unexpected things happen.. I'm recovering from a myomectomy for my fibroid removal thank god it wasn't in a bad spot, it was on the outside of my uterus. I have changed my eating habits cut off dairy, meats, soy, alcohol and eat more organic. I'm just worried on the outcome of waiting to conceive, a lot goes through my head what if I regrow before I plan my pregnancy then makes it hard for me to conceive. I'm really thinking the best to do is to get my LPN first and next spring TTC. But also debating on what if I just get pregnant now and plan LPN next year... But that's just pushing my goal of becoming a nurse even further and probably might be even harder to leave my husband with baby.. Ugh:(

BeachsideRN, ASN · Apr 5, 2016

I had my first child at 34. I started nursing school (RN) when he was 1-1/2 years old. It's doable. But it's hard to balance nursing school, clinical, and work (I barely work - prn as a nurse tech). It is hard. I would hold off until you are financially stable and done with school, but it's certainly your decision to make.

BorntoHeal · Apr 5, 2016

First, I want to commend you for thinking this through before hand and setting up multiple plans! Unlike me who made no plans at all, because I never plan for the unexpected, at least not in my own life. I had just started in a pre-nursing program in our areas community college. This particular program is very hard to get into but if you take the pre-nursing classes and finish with a GPA of 3.5 then you will get accepted, but put on a waiting list. I had to take time off in my first year due to a completely unexpected pregnancy. I was on birth control, but we were very pleasantly surprised since we were told I had a very small chance of conception due to a hormone imbalance disorder. So now, 3 yrs later, I just finished medical assisting classes, which were only 3 hours in the evening, 3 days a week. I'm not gonna lie, it was exhausting! I had many sleepless nights, studying any time and place I could find 5 mins of quiet, working, and trying to spend time with my 2 favorite men, but It was all worth it! By your comment you seem pretty driven and committed, so I feel it all depends on what you feel like you can handle, and how much studying you're going to need. If you retain information easily then I'm sure you'll be fine. Either way good luck!!