PREGNANT IN COLLEGE?

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I am newly married to my husband that I have been together with for 5 years. I am 20 & he is 21. We both want a baby right now but don't know if we should wait until we finish college. I have 1.5-2 years left before I graduate. Should we ttc now or wait?

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I am currently 7 months pregnant and have about the same timeline left for my bachelors. We are having our first. We are both 25 and I work part time and go to school full time. School has deff been tough this semester but I have a good bit of online classes after Grayson is born. We planned him. I think it's your decision. I am going to finish college and as long as you have that in your mind I say go for it. You guys do you.

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I had my first two children while hubby and I were both in undergrad full-time and we both worked full-time jobs too. I was pregnant with #3 when I graduated. We both went on to earn our Master's degrees. He earned his when #4 was a baby, and I graduated when I was pregnant with our fifth. It was not easy by any means. We did it all in a very short span of time and without help. We graduated high school and started college in 2007. We had our first child in 2010. I did my midterms from my hospital bed (thanks to two very understanding professors who gave me modified exams as I was unable to attend class) the day after my C-section. 19 months later, in 2011, I gave birth to our second child about 7 weeks after school started. He graduated Winter 2012, and I graduated Spring 2013. It took us a bit longer because we both changed majors in 2009, and I took the minimum 12 hours to be considered full-time. Hubby went straight into grad school in the spring of 2013 and graduated in 2015, shortly after #4 was born. I took some time off and started grad school in late 2014 while pregnant with #4. I graduated in winter 2016, while pregnant with our fifth. It is completely doable...If you have the time management and patience to get it all done. It was far from easy, but we wouldn't change a thing.

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Don't rush it...wait.  You're so young and have so much time.  Get your degree and be married a few years.  You will be happy you did

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If possible I would wait. I am 8 months pregnant and finishing my last year of college. I have been successful, but I've heard it's 1,000x harder to finish when you have a newborn in the mix. And being this pregnant definitely makes it harder, no lie.

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I'd wait until you have only a few classes left then ttc. If you're ambitious, you could take winter + summer classes to speed this up. It could possibly be a 1 year wait which is no time! Also - this is what I'm doing. I'm getting my masters in 1 year instead of 2 bc I take classes during the breaks.

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I did both.  I took a full semester pregnant.  Had her on a Friday and was back to school Monday.  One of my profs even asked for a doctor's note.  I had 3 weeks to finish.  Then only took one class the next semester when my sister could watch her.  She went to daycare after that.  I am now pregnant with my 3rd doing triple masters degrees concurrently.  It's do able but hard!  I will finish one program a week before baby comes.

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I actually quit school in the midst of my pregnancy ..about 5 months into I was extremely exhuasted not to mention depressed with all the hormones ! 
Anyways i totally quit I feel so bad now I wish I would have finished ..everyone is different though ..!whatever choice just don't quit school ..keep up the good work !

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As an almost 20 year old going to college and being 7 months pregnant I would wait. No harm in waiting plus you guys can have more time just you guys and going on trips for breaks and summer. The stares you get. The looks ppl give you and the stress of school while pregnant makes the experience less exciting than I think it should be. But that's just my thoughts. It's your life and your choice depending on you

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That's really your decision nobody else's.

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Just wait the two years. The last thing you need is to be 9 months pregnant during finals time. I've done it before so it's possible. I just wouldn't suggest it because of the added stress.

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