College or no college?

Ok so i'm 3 months pregnant and I'll be a senior this year. I have always planned on going to college to be a nurse. How could i balance a job, college, a baby, and my boyfriend all at once?? Is it possible? My boyfriend and I will be living on our own. can i make this work or should i wait?

(senior in high school)

IF YOU WAIT, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO CONTINUE LATER BUT IT MAY ALSO BE BENEFICIAL TO WAIT UNTIL THE BABY IS AT LEAST ONE YEAR. YOU CAN TAKE ONLINE CLASSES THAT WAY YOU CAN BE AT HOME AND TAKE CARE OF THE BABY AS LONG AS YOU ARE DISCIPLINED WITH STUDYING. :)

take online college courses!

How committed is he to you and the baby? Consider the question weigh your pros and cons. It is possible to have a family and go to school. It will not be easy but the benefits are wonderful.

You have to cut something and the only optional thing on your list is college.

BUT: that might mean taking a year or two years off, not the rest of your life. DO NOT forget your dreams, kiddo. And that nursing degree or RN is a gift that'll keep on giving for your kid and your boyfriend as well as for you.

I'm in agreement with the previous answers. Attempting to go to college and work on a daily basis with a newborn is next to impossible especially if you want your relationship with your significant other to thrive instead of plumit. At home courses will keep you up to speed as long as you're viligant about doing what needs to be done and that way you can still balance everything else that needs to be balanced. This is not going to be an easy task seeing as though you are young, and these kinds of responsiblities are difficult even for adults. Just keep your chin up and do your very best. I respect you for wanting to better yourself so that you can provide for your family. Very best luck to you!

community colleges offer same "rn program" like a university. one of your dream is to attend to college. you are going to sacrifice a little bit for 2 or 3 thre e year your relantioship with your future husband......
with your baby try to live close to your parent in law or your own parent s ........iam sure they will delighted to care for their grand child for few hours. because they are going to see that you are trying to give a good life to your child

My heart goes out to you. Your senior year and you are pregnant. You should be thinking about proms and getting ready for college and life, not a baby. But what is done is done.

I would wait on college. You need time to be with your baby. How can you do that rushing home from work, get dinner ready and rushing out to school. Let alone your boyfriend will be working too. (go and get married by the way) You have no idea the time and energy it takes to raise a baby and a family. When the baby gets sick who is staying with the baby...I guarentee the day care won't take the baby. How stressed are you going to be when she/he turns 2 and decides to color on the back of your term paper that needs to be turned in a few hours. Take is slowly. You are a young couple just starting out in life. There are going to be bills, and unexpected expenses that you cannot picture yet. College will always be there then your little one starts school on his/her own.

If college is what you always wanted you would have been more careful. You and your boyfriend's first responsibility now is to the life that you created. Are you just finishing your junior year? When your baby is ready for preschool or a little older put her in daycare for a few hours a day and then go to school part time but don't put the baby on the back burner for school.

It can be balanced, however as an BSN educated RN myself, I will not lie to you, it will be hard and take both lots of effort and dedication on both your part and the part of your boyfriend. Sit down with him and talk about your goals, and see if he wants to help out by watching your child while you are in class or clinicals. If he is in class as well see if anyone in your family or his family is willing to help out during those times. While you can probably take some prerequisites on-line, many nursing courses require in hospital clinical time. Go to the university you are interested in attending, talk to your adviser see if they have programs to help you out (low cost or free day care for when family isn't available, financial aid to help you pay for school) Also see if you can find a job that is willing to work with you as you go to school. See how much your family is willing to help financially (maybe the will pay for one or two classes but not rent or food, these things will cut down on your overall costs) Whether or not you can do this is up to what you are willing to give up to pursue nursing. It may be better for you to wait a little while until you have some money saved up, but check out all your options before you make your decision.

yes. you can balance it all. it will be tough, but you can do it as long as you put your mind to it. you'll just have to probably take online courses for college. it would be a little easier to manage a job while taking care of your child. I don't think you should wait just because college is very important. I mean if you do what you need to with school, you would be able to get a much better job a lot sooner to better support your family rather than having to wait, and not making very much money at all and be struggling. it will definitely cause problems when you're struggling, and you'd feel like wanting to give up. you'd feel much better in the long run knowing you tried your best and you gave it your all to make ends meet for your child. you'd be able to look back and feel proud that you did this on your own at this young of an age. it'd probably feel like it was more worthwhile rather than being miserable at some crappy job knowing it may take a few years for you to get into school. and a good portion of people that say they're going to wait and go later never find the time because they need to make more money to support their family when they could have remedied that long ago by just going to college in the first place.

Yes got to college, take online and night classes. I'm a single mom I work during the day go to school at night it's going to take a while but you can do it
beside think about how much better a life you will be able to give your child with a degree

Don't give up on your dream to go to college. I got pregnant my sophomore year of college. I had to leave school for a year but I will return in the fall. Its ok to wait a year or so to get everything straight. Never be too proud to ask for help. If someone offers to help take it. I struggled with my relationship with my boyfriend. We're broken up now but thats ok as long as he's there for his son then i'm fine. Alot of things are gonna happen that you're not ready for but everything will be ok in the end. It is best for you and your child that you get a college education and get a good job. Good luck in the future.

Well I am pregnant with my 4th and my oldest is 5. I am in college full time and ballence all of them. Not well though. It isVERY stressful and you can;t really enjoy life. I would do one at a time.

My niece graduated highschool when she was pregnat she had her baby and now goes to college. Her grandma babysits for her. She is going for a doctors assitance and she plans to get done in six months even thou it is a two year program. Find a babysitter are take the baby to school with you. Some moms that i know take their baby to classes with them. Are you can have the baby's father watch your child.

heres your choices You can go to college he goes to work or he goes to college and you go to work the boyfriend thing is going to be very hard to do cause of all of this so talk to him tell him i still love you its just were not going to be able to see each other very much in this next year