Pregnant at university?

Question

I am pregnant and in the first year of uni. The baby is due during my exams at the end of my first year, will I be able to continue my course?

Aren't peoples stupid assumptions hilarious?! Sorry Nat's I am a mature student and been married for 6 years with 2 children.

Answer 1

Of course you can! I'm in my 3rd year and my baby is due over the Christmas break. I've spoken to my tutor and course leader and everything's fine...just trying to get as much done now as possible and then if need be I can apply for extenuating circumstances and hand any work in or sit any exams later on in the year.

I know it's gonna be tough but we can only try, there's no point giving up straight away. You may find that after your first year you want to deffer for a year (i know a girl on my course who did that) spend time with the baby and then start your 2nd year the following year.

It's all down to you really and how you feel, the uni HAS to make provisions so you can have the baby and continue. Don't put too much pressure on yourself though, just take things as they go!

Good luck with the baby and with uni! x

Answer 2

People are so presumptious!
I was pregnant in my first year of uni too, although I was seventeen, lol. Anyway, my baby wasn't due until a few weeks after the exams so I didn't really have a problem that way but when I talked to my lecturers and stuff, they were all really helpful.
You should talk to your course coordinator or whatever and see if they could sort something out for you. You should be able to continue your course though. There were a few pregnant girls n women in my uni!
Good luck!! (with the pregnancy and uni!)

Answer 3

Regardless of what the uni says, from experience I'd say you'll be too distracted to do as well at your exams as you should. I had a baby a few months after my A level exams, the two just don't go together well at all. Scans interrupt lectures, pains and doc appointments also cause trouble that way too. Pregnancy also makes you dopey, well did me!

I had a friend who had a baby in her first year, she ended up taking a break from uni and going back when her kid was about 3 and could go to preschool. She found the childcare thing hard sometimes but she finished her course with flying colours. She told me she couldn't have done it if her daughter had been a baby though, unless her mum could've had her, which she couldn't.

You're gonna have to think very carefully about what will be practical to do and speak to your tutor about it. They will advise you from a study point of view, but then you'll have the mental changes you'll find when the baby is born (as in, uni not as important as it once was). You can always go back and finish uni when you're ready to.

Good luck chick!

Answer 4

i am in a similar situation. im married with two kids but im in my third year of uni. It 's the hardest year as well. They will take it into account and you can apply for mitigating circumstances and get extensions on any coursework. It's not easy but with the support of your husband and good child care facilities it can be done. Im finding it hard at the moment cos im due in 3 1/2 weeks when my first load of coursework is due and all i can think about is the baby not all the work i need to do. I had my first child at 15 just before i did my GCSE's and i managed to get 10 GCSE's with good grades it just takes a lot of work, and juggling your time.

Answer 5

i'm in exactly the comparable place as you... nicely interior the comparable way of questioning besides! i'm 19 and that i've got only all started college. me and my boyfriend (elderly 22) somewhat prefer a infant and that i'm questioning if i could handle getting pregnant at a similar time as at uni additionally. from what i've got worked out so some distance is, in case you sense waiting, ok and mature adequate then choose for it! to have a infant somebody desires to be financially good and function numerous help. you may verify you comprehend that the daddy will stick via you and your infant and maximum heavily... that the infant will gorw up with each and all of the affection and help he/she merits. as for being at uni think of of it this manner... people who artwork have infants and a few artwork 5 days a week 9 til 5 (or much extra) and that they cope only superb. at college you're purely certainly there around 3 days a weeks and purely some hours each and every time meaning you've extra time consisting of your infant thnan maximum. so which you ahould cope only superb.

Answer 6

talk to your instructors and maybe even the dean of students....you have a right to finish your semester out...even schools give maternity leave or you wouldnt see so many pregnant people in college! since it will be so close to the end when you deliever i would talk to them about maybe early exams or online exams. you will definiately have to have something from your dr stating that you were in labor or in the hospital or on your 6 weeks after the baby, i wouldnt wait that long to take my test if i were you though, because you can forget stuff. they should work something out with you. my husband and i just decided that i would set out of college 2 semesters (because ive had a complicated pregnancy) so we wouldnt have to go through this...but you should talk to someone and see what you could do! congrats

Answer 7

You should be able to arrange to write your exams early or perhaps during the re-write period. I know that's what they do here in South Africa.

You just need to go speak to your lecturers as soon as possible because your time's running out!

Good luck =)

PS. You're right, people can be really stupid and judgemental! Just ignore their petty comments!!!

Answer 8

im sure this happens all the time and yes your uni will acomodate you as best as possible. but you will probably need to take time out or drop out altogether for a while if you dont have support with raising the child. good luck.

Answer 9

I think this happens quite a bit now, Just talk with your professors about it, I'm sure they have a back up plan an dif they don't go over their heads,, former teacher here :)

Answer 10

You need to talk about this as soon as possible cause you have to make the teacher clear about you having to take the tests earlier.

Hope they are considerate some are not!