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I am planning on applying to nursing school (RN ADN program) early next year, but was also planning on trying to have a baby. Is that a crazy idea? Am I setting myself up? Is nursing school so intense that I should hold off on the baby? What would you do? Thanks

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Having had both children and nursing school, this is a toughie. Personally I found nursing school much much harder than my undergrad degree or the master's I got way back when I was a working professional. I am in my early 40's. I know it's do-able, there were several girls in our class that had babies - two of them took a year off and came back (our program runs classes only once a year, so if you missed a term you had to wait another year to catch up), one actually had her baby in the beginning of nursing 2, I don't know how she did it, she had the baby on a thursday, missed class friday and was back the following monday. I wouldn't recommend it tho, unless you have a fabulous support system that will allow you to attend school, go to clinical prep after class and then come home and work on clinical prep paperwork (some nights it's upwards of 5-6 hours the night before, then getting up at 5 a.m. the next day to prepare for your day of clinical). Nursing school isn't for the faint of herat, nor is having children. And remember babies don't sleep on schedule, they don't care that you have a huge test (every week) to study for, clinicals to prepare for, and at times, psycho nursing teachers to placate. They also have a tendency to get sick at the worst of times. Not trying to scare you, but going to nursing school is such a huge change, so is having a baby, doing both at the same time will be incredibly incredibly tough and you will feel yourself being pulled in all directions.

How do you feel about working while having a baby? Because even tho you don't get paid for it, that's essentially what going to nursing school will be like.

Good luck!

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I am in my second year of three. I do not work while I am in school and I do not have kids; unless I can count my husband LOL. I can not imagine having to do this with kids. Some people do it just fine; but every one is different, as are you; so ever ones answer to this will be different...I am waiting to have children after I finish school; after my masters. But that is me

excuse my typos, I cut the tip of my finger last night

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