Medical degree as a teen mum??

[eyesclosedtight]

So I am 18 and mother to 2 year old DS. I have just applied for a medicine degree as this has been my goal for my whole life but now I'm worried! DP has joined the army but I have applied for a university up North, 5 minutes drive from his parents town so even though I won't be getting much support from him, his parents have said that they will help as much as they can and to save me childcare costs they will look after DS during the day as they are retired.

They will have him 9am - 6pm so I can get home from my course and do any work or self study that I can fit in. But I'm still worried about the workload. A medicine degree is demanding anyway and with a child and little support from DP I don't know how I am going to cope.
And please don't say that I should not follow my dreams and choose a different course. I am deterined to make this work.

I was thinking of potentially taking a gap year so I start uni at 19 with a 3 year old DS and DP would have been in the army for a year so we would have built up a better routine??

Thank you

Have you gotten your A level results yet op?

Why refer to it as "my university" then?

I smell bs

My boyfriend has very supportive parents who live just up the road from my university and they often pick DS up from nursery as my course finished quite late.

You posted that this morning, it doesn't sound like you've applied to a university, it sounds like you're already on the course.

Read the thread 7

You said you just got your interview dates for the universities. Why would you have multiple interviews for multiple universities if you've already picked one?

I have read the thread haff.

You've also said you and your dp own a house together then in another post say you're thinking about buying a house as renting is too expensive

Clearly it was an opportunity to use the word gotten.
Like I said on page one - fantasy.

Just a tip for next time op, if you had said you wanted to read medicine rather than applied for a medicine degree, it would not have been obvious from the first sentence.

Agreed seven !

As if!

OP must think we're all born yesterday

Yep know plenty about life of teachers and head teachers. Husband has been in education for over 30 years.

Go for it!! Take one day at a time & you will make it work, well done!!!

I wouldn't see any benefit in deferring a year; it will be tough whenever you do it, so you may as well just crack on now with it, if it's what you really want to do.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Go for it! You sound wonderfully dedicated on all sides. Yes it'll be hard work, but will be so worth it.

This is a very odd thread.

When did DP join the army?

This would be extremely hard but doable if your DP had a normal job. However since he's in the military I don't think you could do it without it having a very big impact on your child. How will you manage if he's based at the other side of the country? What about when he's deployed? Combine that with your long uni/placement hours plus work outside of uni and I don't see how it's workable without threatening your relationship with your child.

Go for it. Follow your dream. Having a child will obviously make things more complicated but just think what a role model that makes you.

During your degree the hours will be reasonably 9-5. Once you finish, your child will be 7/8. You will have to be doing shifts and weekends but we all manage to make it work somehow. My husband was frequently working abroad when I was a junior doctor with young kids, but I worked part-time and my MIL stayed overnight to help out at times.

Do it. Good luck.

Already posted on your other thread but if your partner is joining the army I think you may as well approach this as a single parent.

How will it work logistically when you're on placement at one place and your partner is posted on the other side of the country or worse, abroad?

What happens if you get an offer but it's not from your first choice?
How will you get to GP placements at other end of county - you do drive, I assume but do you have access to a car?
I'm really impressed you're predicted 3As/A*s with a little one to manage too. Are you living on your own whilst doing it or living with your boyfriends parents? I guess your 'in laws' are already providing lots of childcare or is the child already at nursery full time. Will you live with the inlaws through the degree too - assuming an offer from first choice?
How did your UKCat and BMAT go? That wouldn't have been easy in your circumstances either. How did you manage work experience as well? You are seriously impressive for a teenage single mother.

OP is amazing. At university already, doing A levels and buying a house!!! Way to go!

@eyesclosedtight wouldn't it be best to investigate the cost now so you can plan ahead? If it looks like the cost will be eg. £400 a week maybe this will affect your plans and could mean it may be a better idea to take a year off working and saving.

titchy didn't you get the update? OP has already bought a house

I smell shite.