Post # 1
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Helper bee
hey so i wanted to get some advice! im a paramedic but stopped working a year ago and went back to school get getting my nursing degree i got into a university! and am so excited to start but now im wondering because me and my husband want to have a baby should i hold off on the baby part until im done with school which would be 2 years from now im 25 i already feel old and a lot of people my age already have there bachelors and i would be barely getting mine at 27 i really dont want to wait on trying to have a baby but i dont want to mess everything up and not be able to finish school! this is so confusing i dont know what to do on top of that im worried about possible fertility problems!
Post # 3
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Buzzing Beekeeper
Do you know people who have gone through this program while pregnant? Could you ask them about how difficult that was? I imagine you’d have to take a semester off – is that something that would be possible with this program?
Post # 4
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Honey bee
I would hold off until you finish school, but then again I’m the type who is in no rush to have kids. Loads of people say there isn’t a “right time” to have kids, but I’m not in that camp. School is much more important, in my opinion. Finishing my Master’s is one of the many things I’m putting off TTC for.
That said, I think you can totally do both if you put your mind to it! If you want it badly enough you can finish. It will be tough, but stick with it!
Post # 5
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Helper bee
@JenGirl: its a bsn program which is a bachelors in nursing its pretty intense and i could take time off the only thing is i dont know if its a good decision to do that! this is so stressful wedding planningm moving to another state school money ahhhhhhh!
Post # 6
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Sugar bee
I would wait until you are done with school. Nursing school is very difficult on it’s own
Post # 7
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Helper bee
@littlemisst08: thanks yeah thats what im thinking im very school driving kept a 4.0 during my semesters at college so if i were to do this and didnt maintain a 4.0 i would be upset dont know if i can do that with kids!
Post # 8
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Sugar bee
@marinewife4: Finish school then have a baby. I know many people in the nursing program at my school and they study NON-STOP. Nursing school is hard and to me being pregnant would be a huge distraction and would make your clinicals that much more difficult.
25 is young! Once you finish nursing school you’ll have a great job and an income to support yourself and your baby. You are never too old to get a degree! Babies are great (I love kids so I hope you don’t think I’m anti-baby), but obviously its best to have your ducks in a row before you have one.
Post # 9
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Buzzing Beekeeper
Personally…
I’d do school first. It is much harder to go back to school when you have a child. And also the older you are.
Get your education… get a good job, start to make inroads in your career… and then get pregnant.
Having a baby at 30 isn’t the end of the road by any means (still really a good age, and if you are in good health you probably won’t have any issues getting pregnant… not like 35 and trying for # 1)
PLUS if you find after you have the Baby that you don’t want to work full time, and are ok with part time employment (like Nights) or starting your own biz with a Nursing Degree… you’ll have far more options
Hope this helps,
Post # 10
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Sugar bee
@marinewife4: it’s not like you’re 35. I think it’s fine to hold off. 25 is still relatively young and waiting 2 years isn’t going to be a big deal.
Post # 11
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Busy bee
I’m currently in nursing school. I do know of a few students who have young kids. However, I do not know anyone who has been able to do the program with an infant. I wouldn’t recommend it.
Post # 12
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Helper bee
@prettyinpink11: yeah paramedic school i had no life! it took up all my time and just my prereqs for my nursing program when i was doing them i had time for no one!
@This Time Round: i think that holding off on kids is the right choice i just love kids and pray that i will be able to get pregnant in the future having some infertililty concerns but well see!
Post # 13
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Busy bee
I’m an RN. Nursing school is the absolute hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. I also did it when I lived at home with my parents with no responibilities besides going to school. If you already had a kid when starting that would be one thing, but being pregnant while in school would probably make you be unsucessful. They won’t have any sympathy for being off to deliver. You would get absolutely no time off to be with your new baby. I think you should wait.
Post # 14
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Helper bee
yeah you guys are right its just since a lot of the people i know already have degrees i feel behind dont get me wrong being a paramedic for the fire department wasnt a easy job and i loved it but nursing is my passion!
Post # 15
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Helper bee
Definitely finish school before having a baby. It will be much easier on you if you get it out of the way before having a kid. 27 isn’t a bad age for having a baby, you will still be young!
Post # 16
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Helper bee
@MrsStayPuft: thanks i think that im going to wait i think i also am in fear of not being able to get pregnant due to ovarian cysts intersitital cysititis and other factors i think im just going to make a appointment with my doctor is there such a test to test if my body is able to ovulate?
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