Pregnant while in nursing school?

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I am almost 4 months pregnant and am entering my 2nd out of 4 semesters in an ADN program on August 19th. As my back to school date rapidly approaches, I am finding myself getting more and more nervous about balancing it all. Plus I have an almost 5 year old at home. My husband is very supportive of me finishing my degree so I am lucky to have that. Has anyone else had this experience or known anyone that was and managed to be successful?

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Yes ma'am, it is very doable. Not easy, but you can manage it. I know a girl in my program that was pregnant through her last two semesters with another child at home as well, she made A's in every class and just graduated. She told everyone that it was all about managing your time, and scheduling time for family as well. She would get up early to read chapters since everyone in the house would be asleep, go to class/clinicals, study in between meals, etc. She had a good support system, and was very involved in SNA as well. She was even nice enough to help other students who needed it during what spare time she had. You can do it! It will all be totally worth it in the end.

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There were a couple of guys in my class that had babies right before and right after our first semester started. They obviously didn't have to give birth or try to juggle breastfeeding, but they did have to deal with all the sleepless nights and they made it through fine. There was also another girl who got pregnant in 3rd semester and had her baby right before finals for 4th semester. I was sure she would fail (I'm a pessimist at heart haha) and she was back in class 2 days after giving birth and took/passed all of her finals. So even though everyone is going to think you can't do it, you can :)

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Specializes in Primary Care, OR.

I hear your smarter when your pregnant :bookworm: congrats! You can do it!!!

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I am glad to see that it is possible to make it through nursing even when pregnant. Thank you for the positive responses. I am almost seven months and classes start in less than a week.

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Specializes in Oncology, Clinical research.

I started my program pregnant, had a baby, then ended my program 26 weeks pregnant (got pregnant again when my first was 9 months). It's totally manageable if you prioritize well. You do have to make time to take care of yourself. The hardest part for me was that I normally push for straight A's, which takes a lot of effort and time. B's I could get while still taking care of myself, so my hardest classes I still tried for an A, but didn't kill myself for it. I ended up with a couple B's, but an overall 3.75, which is pretty darn good. For clinicals, get compression socks, a belly wrap, and a fantastic bra. I used the Gabrialla belly band, and it made all the difference in how I felt by the end of the day.

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We have a few pregnant ladies in our class - the only time they've had a problem with it was during OB/GYN clinicals. One of them was having her first and fainted when she saw a natural birth!

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I was actually in an esthetics program a few years back and we had a VERY pregnant woman in our class. She went to class on a Friday, delivered on Saturday, and was in class on Monday. Now that was motivation!

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I was actually in an esthetics program a few years back and we had a VERY pregnant woman in our class. She went to class on a Friday, delivered on Saturday, and was in class on Monday. Now that was motivation!

Yes yes it is. I once had a high school teacher tell me a story of one of his students that attended school her entire senior year without anyone knowing she was pregnant. She would wear these big baggy jackets, the teacher just assumed she always felt very cold . Any way when she missed school (About two days) to give birth everyone was surprised because no one knew. She quickly came back and graduated without any problems.

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I was wondering about this too.i was accepted Thursday, found out i was pregnant Tuesday, and start a 3 year program September 16th. I also have a 2 year old at home. The school puts you on a 3 month leave then you start where you left off with the next cohort.

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I have been wondering about how this would work. We want more children but am starting nursing school next August and don't want to start nursing school with a newborn.

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Specializes in NICU.

I'm interested to hear more responses; I have a friend that got pregnant during her program. Her pregnancy went well enough with the typical morning sickness during the first trimester and she was able to finish everything with flexibility from the program directors. She worked her butt off though!

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