Getting pregnant on purpose in school

[orange23]

Any suggestions? I am about to start my second semester and my husband and I are trying to get pregnant. We are doing this because he is in the National guard and has already been to Iraq once, and will be going back shortly after I graduate. We have a daughter who is about to be 7 and we don't want to wait until she's almost 11 to have another baby. Any tips or stories from anyone else who was pregnant through school would be great. Did your school let you continue clinicals when they knew you were pregnant? We had a student last semester who was, and they recommended she not take clinical, so I don't know if all schools are like that or not? I go to Baylor so anyone who did their program and was pregnant would be especially good to hear from. Did any of you take a semester off to give birth and then come back, and if you did, do you think that was more or less difficult than just giving birth and plowing on with no break? I know going through a pregnancy and school will be tough, but I'm more interested in the logistics of it. Any supportive stories or tips would be very welcome. :monkeydance:

[pinayfl]

I found out I was 10wks pregnant with my 2nd child (our daughter is 3yrs old) when I started 1st semester out of 4last year. My clinical professors let me do clinicals as long as I have a letter from my OB stating that I don't have any complications. They were very understanding and did not give me any "hard" patients and made sure I have another student with me all the time. I'm on my 3rd semester now. Gave birth few days after my finals last Spring and went back and started OB rotation 2 weeks after giving birth. So, see I'm pregnant the whole 2 semesters and made it thru. I can say that it's not easy but it can be done. There are 2 classmates that are pregnant in my class right now and so far they're doing great. You need to have a very strong support system. The choice is yours and your husband. But it's doable as long as you will not have any complications.

Good luck!

[Natkat, BSN, MSN, RN]

I don't see why you couldn't do clinicals while you're pregnant. If you were pregnant as a nurse you would still work on the floor.

I have a classmate who had a baby toward the end of second semester and did okay. But I guess it would take a Mom to tell you for sure how it goes. Personally I wouldn't DREAM of trying it. Nursing school is stressful, and when I'm not studying I need all the down time I can get.

Best of luck whatever you decide.