Maternity Leave/LOA from school
I’m currently getting my MSW! I’m due in November and have planned to take Fall term off to allow a stress free third trimester.
Im wondering if I’ll be ok going back in January for Winter term? Anyone currently doing grad school with a newborn? How did you manage?
I was in grad school all throughout my pregnancy and almost a year after I got my MPA in December and went straight through without breaks. I did consider it but I knew if I stopped I wouldn’t finish. It was definitely rough with all the reading and papers and responses I had but I managed with the help from my partner. Just plan out your readings and papers and other assignments try to get as much as you can done when they are sleeping I stayed up nights to finish but if you have the support it’s manageable. And communicate with your professors if you do decide to go during your last trimester of pregnancy. They allowed me to do my work beforehand so I wasn’t stressed the last few weeks and had everything done for the class by the time my baby was born. Also I was doing an online program so that helped a lot too. Goodluck!