Hamik24

Wow, definently sounds like we're in the same boat just months apart :); we aren't married yet (that was supposed to happen in June, not now since I'll be around 7 months and pry huge), but my fiance is still in school as well. I've been talking to a lot of people that say it's exhausting but doable-especially if we get the support at home and definently at school. I also talked to a nurse at work tonight who had both her children while she was in nursing school-she said it took her four years to finish a two year program, but she made it so that kind of gave me the motivation that even if I DO have to take a semester off, it'll be ok; if we're motivated enough we'll finish eventually :)

Just be careful if you're just sticking to hbc-this pregnancy is unplanned, and I have been on the pill for 5 years-never missed a day. Guess we fell into that super small percentage...

Thank you sooo much. I have a great support system, my fiance is in this 100%, my close friends, his family, my family... I don't want to take another year off because I'm afraid I'll end up not going back to school at all, so hearing that it's doable (even though it's not the most fun thing in life) gives me the confidence to suffer through. A big fear out of this is that this is my first pregnancy, and it's VERY VERY unplanned, as neither I nor my fiance is finished with college yet (we're actually putting off our wedding now b/c the date we had planned I will be in my 7th month) The fact that you did this with a full time job AND two other kids is amazing-here I am complaining about a part time job and a newborn :)

I am a junior in a 5 year nursing program and recently found out that I am pregnant. I'm not worried about being pregnant for the next semester, as I'm still working strictly in the classroom; but I am due to deliver the week before the next fall semester (when we start clinicals). A friend suggested that I take a semester off to spend time with my newborn and heal, but if I miss one semester in the program I'm in, I have to miss the entire year. Has anyone had a newborn while they were in clinicals? I guess I just need some reassurance that it's doable.