Pregnant during 4th semester/graduation

[peach2218, CNA]

I am getting ready to go into my last semester as nursing student, planning on graduating in December. My husband and I have a 3 year old son and I am getting my implant birth control removed next week (it has a 3 year "shelf life"). We aren't opposed to another baby, in fact we are planning on having another and I don't want too large of an age gap between my son and a potential sibling.

 

Anyway, assuming I get pregnant at some point this fall and graduate in December, I could potentially be 6-7 months pregnant when I take the NCLEX in March. I am currently working as an aide at a hospital. Would it make more sense for me to just stay on as an aide, give birth, and then apply for nursing jobs? Or should I just try and get hired on as a nurse while potentially pregnant? Can aides even continue working as CNAs after passing the NCLEX and getting their license? I'm also not sure if I want to wait to get pregnant until after I get my first nursing job, because I'd feel kind of weird about getting a new job and then immediately getting pregnant. I don't want my son to be 6 by the time he gets a sibling. 

[Hannahbanana, BSN, MSN]

Once you take and pass NCLEX you cannot be a CNA anymore, because you will be held to the RN standard of practice. There is no wiggle room on that, none. Obviously you want to take NCLEX ASAP so you remember the material. So your question is, can you get work if you’re visibly pregnant? 
You cannot know when you will conceive, either. So have your implant out, take NCLEX ASAP, like in January, and get a nursing job. If you get pregnant then you take it from there. I took a charge nurse job in January and got pregnant about the same time, had the baby in August. It happens.