Hi, I'm 29 yrs old, a mother of 2 and one on the way. I'm seriously considering RN or LPN. I must take a few courses first like Bio, Math (to bring up my marks); I'm starting that in September. I was a stay at home mom for my other kids, but this time I've decided to do things differently (I'm due next month). One day I'm all excited and determined I'm going to go all the way with RN, and the next day I change my mind to LPN again. I just keep going back and forth, back and forth. I'm a little obsessed. I'm very excited about going back to college and doing something for myself. It's all I think about. BUT...here are the things that worry me about taking RN. First of all, the price of the course. If I get a loan and quit or fail I'm so screwed . We cannot afford that at ALL. Also, I wasn't strong in math in high school, and heard people say that if they had not been strong in math they wouldn't have made it through it. Now, if I take LPN everything is covered for, daycare, gas, the course itself etc. But here in Canada, you can't go from an LPN to an RN. In other words you don't get any credit towards your RN at all. It's completely two different things. It would take me 2 yrs to do my LPN, and then if I decide to go for my RN, it would take me another 4 yrs. In a way I feel if I don't go for my RN right away I'm just wasting time. I also wonder if I have what it takes. In high school, marks were really NOT my priority. I was into boys and parties. I finally graduated but with very LOW grades. Now that I'm an adult my priorities have changes of course, but I'm scared RN would just be too hard for me. I don't know, maybe I don't give myself enough credit. It's such a hard decision. Thanks in advance!!!