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Curious, since I am currently pregnant and in my final semester of ADN program. My due date and final exam date are right around the same time.
Last semester, this was not a problem. I asked for no special favors, never missed a class and never missed a clinical. This semester, I was told I need a note from my doctor saying I can participate in clinicals. Fine, I can get that.
but i wonder, why should I have to? I had my physical at admission, I'm healthy. pregnancy is not an illness nor a disability. No other students who have health issues are made to get doctors notes that i know of. schools that recieve federal funding, as mine does since it is a public college, are prohibited from discriminating against pregnant students, and would hope that my school is not trying to discriminate against me. No pregnant woman in the working world has to get a note to continue working. I sure didnt when i was pregnant twice before and working. I worked up until my due dates. There are pregnant nurses, pregnant doctors, pregnant health care workers out there who are not prohibited from working and probably don't need doctors notes to keep working...so why would a school need one?
How does your school handle pregnant students?