Pros & Con's of baby making while in nursing school.

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Hello everyone. I'm 26 I have a 7yr old son, and a 7 yr old stepdaughter. I start nursing school Jan 4th, upcoming spring. My question is what are the pro's and con's of conceiving a child during nursing school. Our children are getting older, and we are not getting younger. Please give testimony, feedback and your best advice. I have been contemplating this for sometime, while pursuing other degree's before this one. Please help!

Specializes in LTC and Pediatrics.

I went to school with a number of pregnant classmates. They even finished on time or behind by one semester. You don't say if you are going for LPN, ADN or BSN. Many people work and have babies. How would this be different? If you end up needing daycare, add on hours for study time.

Talk with your school about what happens if you should need to take a semester off for any reason. Sometimes one has to take time off for personal health issues too.

The final decision is yours.

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Okay so here's a question for everyone- what if you graduate in 2 months lol???

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Specializes in BMT.
Okay so here's a question for everyone- what if you graduate in 2 months lol???

Well, are you going to work right away? You have to be at your job for 12 months to qualify for FMLA.

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Specializes in Critical care.

My son was born while I was on my OB rotation, went there as a student in the morning, came back in the evening with my wife in active labor. Definitely more challenging, my ex-wife wrote her finals sitting on one of those red rubber pillows two days later, and the professor stopped the class to have her class stand and give her applause.

Cheers

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Hello everyone. I'm 26 I have a 7yr old son, and a 7 yr old stepdaughter. I start nursing school Jan 4th, upcoming spring. My question is what are the pro's and con's of conceiving a child during nursing school. Our children are getting older, and we are not getting younger. Please give testimony, feedback and your best advice. I have been contemplating this for sometime, while pursuing other degree's before this one. Please help!

26 is not old and my vote is: NO

If all goes well, you have a perfect pregnancy and a perfect birth, no big deal.

If anything goes wrong and you end up on bed rest or have a c-section, they will require you to be fully medically cleared before returning to clinicals. We had one drop out because she had three other babies (lady partsl birth) her fourth one flipped at the last second and she ended up with a c-section. Physician refused to clear her before 4 weeks...too long to make up clinicals.

She ended up being out a year.

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Well, are you going to work right away? You have to be at your job for 12 months to qualify for FMLA.

Yep that's the plan! My husband and I were try to figure it out.

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Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.

New AN lingo....TTC = trying to conceive?

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Specializes in NICU, telemetry.

This. If I'm going to school, I'm going to make sure I dedicate a huge of volume of time, energy, and thought to school so that the stress and money are well spent. I don't want to have to choose between school or my child's first years. I feel like it'd be hard to be able to dedicate to both like I want to and feel my efforts came out well-balanced in the end. That is just me though!

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Thanks everyone for the feedback. I will take all into consideration. In January I will be going for the ADN-BSN pathway. I will also obtain my ADN in one year and BSN in two years, considering my previous degrees took care of all prerequisites for my ADN and BSN. Again thank you all.

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Specializes in BMT.
Yep that's the plan! My husband and I were try to figure it out.

Well, like I said, just be mindful you have to be at your job 12 months before you qualify for FMLA (family and medical leave act). So if you get pregnant BEFORE you start your job, you won't be there a full year before you have the baby. That means you won't qualify to take leave, paid or unpaid (unless your job has a more lenient policy, which I doubt). That very well means you could be without a job when you have the baby. Now, if you've BEEN at your job a few months and THEN get pregnant, by the time you have the baby you will have been there 12 months, and will qualify for leave. Plus, not all of us are in California. FMLA guarantees you UNPAID leave; it means they will hold your job for you; they can't fire you. Therefore, I would want to be there long enough to save up PTO. But, that's just me...

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If you're asking a bunch of strangers if you should conceive another child at the age of 26 when you already have two 7 yr olds while you start nursing school, my answer (as a stranger) is a resounding NO. I don't know what world you live in where you think internet strangers vs YOU and your family concerning such a personal topic are worth considering, but if you want input on such a decision then may I say again, NO.

If you can't figure out the pros/cons for yourself about conceiving another one while you go thru nursing school (with the experience of being a mom already)…. I'll say it one last time, NO.

You asked, you got.

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Specializes in NICU, Trauma, Oncology.
Thanks everyone for the feedback. I will take all into consideration. In January I will be going for the ADN-BSN pathway. I will also obtain my ADN in one year and BSN in two years, considering my previous degrees took care of all prerequisites for my ADN and BSN. Again thank you all.

That sounds like a heavily accelerated program.

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