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Thanks for all the comments. God must of been with me through this pregnancy and he answered my prayers. My school offered three days of make up clinicals by attending several seminars on the weekends and I was able to make up three days from the eight I had. My baby and I are blessed and I will still graduate with my class in June :)

Thanks BSNRose :) I appreciate your comment. I actually spoke to my Director today and received great news on making up a clinical day sometime in March. We might have another opportunity coming up as well so it gives me at least two extra days. I will continue to take care of myself to prevent any other complications. Thanks again:)

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Her name is Wooh and that comment was unkind. If wooh can't have children, it would be heartbreaking to have someone taunt you about it. I am sure you didn't mean to be unkind....right? No one is saying you won't be a great nurse and your desire to continue is proof enough of your work ethic and desire to be a nurse.The laws concerning pregnancy protect employment. You can battle it in court but they are saying the eight day policy and you are out regardless of the cause. "They" have given you your warning. If your school receives government funds and is public you may have a case, but court battles are long and expensive unless you can get a lawyer to fight pro-bono and that is extremely difficult in good economic times. If this is a rule, you agreed to it when you accepted the offer to go to school there....implied consent. Unfortunately,The family leave/pregnancy laws in the US are lame compared to Europe....it sad we place so much strain on families and pregnacy, and they wonder about low birth weights and pre-term labor reasons.....for me it's clear......we don't allow for women to be cared for. If men were the ones carrying the babies the laws would be different I am sure....Here is what I would do, I would negotiate with the director to take the rest of the semester off. Take care of your self and your baby. See if you can monitor lecture and get a head start for when you rejoin the school. Maybe even enough to challenge the course when you return. NUrsing school is stressful, pregnancy is stressful. You are already showing signs that this pregnancy may be one you will need to slow down and smell the roses. Good luck in school and Congratulations on your baby. My prayers for a healthy baby!!!Sorry for the typo. My comment to Wooh was unkind but her comment to me was out of order as well. I asked for advice not for people to be rude. I thank you for the best wishes you extended for me and my baby. :)

Thanks for the advice. No this is not my first baby I have a 17 yr old, 12 year old and 8 year old. This little guy was not planned but I'm super excited and so is my family. I'm seven months now and praying all goes well for me and my family. I would like to have both, a healthy baby and my nursing degree but if it doesn't happen that way, then I will just start the following semester which unfortunately will be in September 2013. I have to stop stressing about this and focus more on the pregnancy. Thanks for your comment:)

Thanks Mamabadger:) I really hope he come during Easter vacation which is when I'm due. I really hope to make it to the end. This is really stressing me out I just want to enjoy the pregnancy and knowing that I might possibly be dismissed from the program brings me to tears. I can't even sleep! I have the worst anxiety ever! I'm praying for a miracle.

It is a choice, but when the pregnancy becomes high risk its considered a disability. I've never heard of any employer, school, organization telling women they can't get pregnant. That's ridiculous!

Thanks for te advice. My director didn't ask me to drop but gave me a heads up. A new group of students will start Aug 2012 but I will not be able to join the last semester until September 2013 Its really hard to accept that I might be dismissed from the program two months before graduation and will have to wait a 1 1/2 year to finish. I will keep u updated. Thanks :)

I'm not sure if that's even legal!! Telling student not to get pregnant? That's pregnancy discrimination! I recall older nurses saying this was the case many years ago but I have never heard of it in CT or NY.

Do you live in the state of Connecticut? Different rules apply for most states. I can understand about having missed eight clinical days but I have been hospitalized and have no control about my situation. The only thing I can do at this point is hope and pray things work out for me.

I'm currently attending an LPN program in the state of CT and I'm due to have my baby in April 2012.. I'm in a eighteen month program and they only allow eight clinical days to be missed. I have reached my eighth day because I'm a high risk pregnancy and have been in and out the hospital several times. The director of the nursing program notified me about reaching my eighth day and told me if I miss one more clinical day I will be dismissed from the program. She said I better pray to god I don't deliver on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday because those are clinical days and if so I better make sure it's a Friday after 2:30pm I'm due to graduate in June 2012 and would really be devastated if I get dismissed from the program. I plan to return to school at least three to four days after the delivery if all goes well. I dont know what to do now since she said I'm at the end of the rope. Please advice!! Thanks