Struggling to cope!

[notjustamom]

Hi all

Im currently doing my a levels and am struggling to cope with school and looking after my DS who is 6months.
The 6th form im at dont know i have a child (he was a small baby and a preemie, i had him durimg the easter holidays.)
I need to go to uni but dont know if im.going to manage since im struggling to cope as it is.

Anyone got any similar experiences or tips.
Thanx

What you are doing is really tough, and you need to get the support of your 6th form tutors. I'm not sure if you are based at a college or a school, but there is no way that you can do this without support.

I don't know much about your situation or how old you are, so its hard to advise. But you have lots of options. There's no rush to get to uni either, so if you want to take a gap year, that would be fine too. Universities are well used to students with children, and so you will find others in the same situation once you get there. If your a'levels go wrong, then next year you can also switch to an access course at a college as long as you are over 18.

The problem is that at the 6th form where im at the teachers can be quite judgemental.and they'd ask why i hadnt informed them last year that i was pregnant. Also im not ready to tell people just yet.

my family are muslims so i dont get much support from there. theyre actually trying to get me to give my DS up for adoption but i wouldnt know what to do without him.

As for uni, i want to do physics but they dont tend to accept people wanting to have a gap year