I feel like crying!

[Lwatkins]

Im 19+3 pregnant with my first and am doing the first year of my degree at the mo. I want to cry, have 3 bits of written work to do for 3 seperate modules all due in next week/week after, and i haven't started yet! I have no energy to do it, feel like a whale and have got the holiday blue's! Anybody else feeling crappy and have lots of work to do that they just cant get into?

yep.

Really am not well - and wasn't well at end of last term. Had 3 pieces of work to hand in. NOne done to the best of my abilities. This is my third year and I can't afford to waste marks. Tutors being reassuring, but its not like they can do anything about it.

Now just have several million pieces to complete in next few weeks when still feeling really bad and should be sleepign.

It doesn't help that im home for xmas at my parents (in scotland) and my folder and notes etc are at uni flat (in bristol)! I can do f**k all cause i don't understand what to do without my notes and i dont go back till saturday and first bit of work has to be in on wed/thurs! I could kick myself for forgetting to pack my notepad, but packed in such a rush and was sooo excited about coming home for xmas i forgot all about it. Feel like a complete ASS! I can't even start doing the layout for it all cause i don't know how, it's all in my notepad!

What course are you doing? maybe someone on here has somewhere theyc an direct you.

I'm in my second year at Newport (was offered Bristol actually and would have loved it but with three young kids the rent would have been comparatively high). this year zilch has been done at my best level; I've had an ill DH, one of my boys was diagnosed with special needs in July, and another was reffered recently; I've had post traumatic sress..... and to top it all my lecturer moved next door int he summer, and I'm sure its all paranoia but the 'how can you do it all?' comments suddenly seemed to materialise into lower grades from him- as if he was expecting me to do less well so that's how he graded me. very probably my imagination however.

Dreading going back; have a complex ethics essay to submit and just not been able to get to grips with it.

Yup 41 weeks pg (don't get me started!) and have work in for the new term.

Don't panic. First up you are pg and can therefore get extensions easily! As long as you don't abuse it and kep up your attendance your department will be flexible.

Do what you can now. Any research and rading you can be doing online? When you get home get stuck into it and it is entirely possible to have 1 piece ready to hand in on time and th others not too late.

How long are the pieces? Can you not get the question for the written work of the uni website?

First of all it is possible to do it (& keep telling yourself that). Enjoy your time at home & then crack on with it when you get back. The hardest part is starting - once you've started it should be much better.

I remember my last easter at uni when I had 3 or 4 essays to do & felt exactly the same, so although not doing that now I've been there.

Im doning BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies. My first piece has to be in on the 11th - 2,500 words, second on the 15th - 4,000 words and the third on the 25th - 2,500 words! Too much stress!