Pharmacy School and babies

[Arjw2]

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Anybody done it? Have any words of advice? I will be starting school in August and my baby will be 10 months. He's a really great baby .. doesn't cry ever, sleeps most of the night so I'm not sure why I'm so nervous!

 

[ldiot]

Adoption?

 

[Arjw2]

Adoption?

Looks like your user name is very fitting 🙂

 

[Niosh]

I did it. We'll the wife helped a bunch, but yeah. There were others in my class with kids too. We had ours P2 year. Another had hers P4 years. Another had one P2 and P4 year. Another had one that was 4 years P1 year. I'm sure there were more. Just like any other time in life, expect less free time and more kid time.

 

[Mao263]

Anybody done it? Have any words of advice? I will be starting school in August and my baby will be 10 months. He's a really great baby .. doesn't cry ever, sleeps most of the night so I'm not sure why I'm so nervous!

I was trying to find answer for that as well. I asked on the interview did anyone had a baby, and they said yes and even people with 3 kids are going through. I guess you gonna need a good help at the beginning.
I don't have kids yet, but I think you are in the better position cause you are not pregnant (cause I am afraid of influence of stress on pregnancy). And also 10 month is better than newborn when you basically almost don't sleep.
Good luck!

 

[PharmerIsMe]

A couple of girls got pregnant in my class and they had their babies at different points during the 4 years of school. All of them graduated fine. I asked and they told me it is all about time management. It is going to be super hard for sure. Also, I noticed these ladies were super focus for assignments/labs. Always on the clock, getting stuff done and forgetting about the bs/fraternity and whatever else...You can do it.

 

[Chriskahn]

Sleep regressions happen and it sucks so don't bank on your baby sleeping through the night forever. My advice is find a really good day care if you don't already have a good support system.

I had my daughter at the beginning of 2nd year and it was the perfect timing since 2nd year was a breeze. I went to class maybe a handful of times the entire year aside from labs and exams. If I would have had my daughter during the first year I'm pretty sure I would have failed out. But it all depends on your school. My school's first year is the most intense and time consuming.

Edit: also find some time for yourself to relax and relieve stress. There are single, childless, responsible free students that get burned out and stressed out from school so imagine adding kids to that combo.

 

[dnt]

Anybody done it? Have any words of advice? I will be starting school in August and my baby will be 10 months. He's a really great baby .. doesn't cry ever, sleeps most of the night so I'm not sure why I'm so nervous!

very doable, a classmate had 2 kids while in school. the first one during the P2 yeah and the other baby at the start for rotations. don't be nervous..plan well and make every use of your time.

 

[rph3664]

I'm assuming you're not a single parent? If that's the case, your partner should do as much as possible. If you are, have some kind of support network, whether it be family, faith community, friends, etc.

I had classmates with children, and in all but one case, they seemed to handle it well. The one who didn't (although he did graduate with us) had his wife throw him out when she found out he'd slept with about half the girls in our class (I'm exaggerating only slightly); never mind that the guy bore a more than passing resemblance to Jabba the Hut.

 

[ldiot]

I'm assuming you're not a single parent? If that's the case, your partner should do as much as possible. If you are, have some kind of support network, whether it be family, faith community, friends, etc.

I had classmates with children, and in all but one case, they seemed to handle it well. The one who didn't (although he did graduate with us) had his wife throw him out when she found out he'd slept with about half the girls in our class (I'm exaggerating only slightly); never mind that the guy bore a more than passing resemblance to Jabba the Hut.

Jabba the Hut? Damn what am I doing wrong...

In all seriousness I'm pretty sure at least 20% of my class has kids... all of them have a spouse or parents that help them. It's more stressful, sure, but they do fine. One girl poped one out in the middle of the semester last year and is near the top of the class actually.

 

[rph3664]

I had a hard enough time taking care of myself when I was in pharmacy school; I couldn't imagine having kids on top of it.

Not that I would know anything about having kids, of course. 😉

 

[sakigt]

Had a baby during month off of 4PD year. Doable, just exhausting. Need supportive husband, and either daycare or VERY reliable family members.