Studying and parenting!

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Have people completed a masters degree while pregnant and with small children? Is it possible?

So brief outline, I was late doing my degree, I graduated at 25 I got married the following year and tried for a family. I hit issues and ended up needing fertility treatment.. 5 years later I had my amazing baby boy.. he's currently 8 months old!

I've always wanted a career.. but I put my life on hold thinking I'd get pregnant.. I never did and before I knew it the years flew by.

My baby was born in October.. in January I applied to study a masters degree and was accepted on a course. I go back to work full time in September.. so I'll be working studying and have my little one to care for.

I was only going to have 1 child after a traumatic birth with almost loosing both of us.. but I've got over it and now I have the urge to look into using my remaining frozen embryos to have 1 more miracle.

Will it all be too much if treatment works, I'm pregnant working and studying?

I really want to do well so my baby has the world, but I cannot ignore those frozen embryos and I don't want to put my masters on hold for something that may never happen.

Any experienced studying with a family??

I think it all depends on whether you are working/studying/parenting full time and what kind of support you have in terms of child care. I had my oldest at the end of my degree but it was pt and I studied in my maternity leave. I did my masters a lot later when my youngest was 7. A lot easier. I guess you need to decide how it would work for you- how many hours of independent study would your course need on top of lecture hours?

Definitely depends on support. My exH was actually very supportibe as far as childcarein the evenings/weekends which allowed me.to finish off my law degree by correspondence course and my LPC.