VeeWright444

Okay so the title is self explanatory I'm just so back and forth. I graduate December 2025 then naturally you go on into a residency (24week orientation to your unit) I want another baby, I have two girls at home (8&5) I'm 26, and I put off school so much having my kids I got already, that I'm finally in the finish line . I'm in such a dilemma of when to have another, should I get pregnant around the time I graduate ? That way it would be 4 months after my residency program ends ? Get pregnant now and have the baby right after graduation and just not start my nursing career till a few months after the baby is born ? I feel they would hate me if I got pregnant right around the start of my residency just to go in maternity leave 9 months later for the 3 months or them question why I didn't immediately start my career after graduation like everyone else (I would take my NCLEX soon after my graduation regardless) My kids are older, so there is already going to be a age gap, but I'm not wanting to wait a whole year after being a nurse to have another as then my kids will be almost 11 and 9. I need words of encouragement and your opinions ! I should add , I have easy pregnancies, I can say I never make it past 38 weeks LOL . I do want to stay home for awhile whenever I have this baby as it will be my last and I previously had a baby boy in 2021 who passed from a Heart defect at 4 months old so I'm a little paranoid as is having another but I want another and I want to actually bond with this future baby not tied up in a cardiac ICU and enjoy him/her as much as I can .