Pregnant in accelerated BSN?

[Currcat621211]

I am in an accelerated 12 month BSN, just started. I also found out 2 days ago that I am pregnant. I have a 15 month old and will be a single parent to 2 children come Nov/Dec (bad timing all around with daddy deciding to leave). What's done is done, now it's time to be the best student and mother I possibly can be. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations that might help me stay more organized/get through the last 5/6 months of this program? I cannot afford to take school off at this point if I want to provide for my child(ren) in a timely manner. There is nothing in my school's code that says we cannot do clinicals while pregnant and I will be at the end of my OB clinicals at my due date - the best damn place if I ever go into labor during clinicals. My clinical site also does not have anything barring us from clinicals if pregnant, and we can return as soon as we feel able to. I know I can push through, but the more ideas and advice I have, the better! Thanks everybody. This is going to be hell, but I am going to show my children you can go after your dream no matter what the obstacles, and I am going to be able to provide for them ASAP darnit. So any advice you'd have school wise or baby wise to help us get through this would be very appreciated!

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

Congratulations! Woo that's going to be really difficult though... I had my first baby while in a traditional ADN program and that was very difficult. She was born the 1st day of spring break and I took a week off of class, so two weeks after a 14-hours-on-Pit-with-2-hours-of-pushing labor and delivery, plus breastfeeding round the clock. I missed an entire unit of Pathophysiology, having to take two exams when I returned -- the one of the content covered before spring break, and the one on the content I'd missed that week I was gone and studied on my own.

I studied while breastfeeding, studied while she napped, heck I read my notes to her instead of Goodnight Moon.

Honestly I'd research a plan B. You don't have to take off school, but ABSN programs are extremely difficult. You're learning everything at probably 2-3x the rate of other nursing students, so even under the best circumstances you'll make a yeoman's effort. From what I understand, most ABSN programs don't even recommend students have a job, they're so demanding. Add onto that two babies and your own health.

Wishing you the best, whatever you decide!