I literally feel like tearing my hair out I am so stressed with this, I get bad anxiety over worries like this and its making me really uneasy and ill lately. I am 20 weeks pregnant.
I am 18 and recently finished sixth form and achieved the grades I needed to attend university in September. I knew I was pregnant when I got the grades but still intended to continue and pursue university however difficult others say it may be. It was my choice to continue the pregnancy despite everyone else comments I felt like for me it was the right thing to do. I know there are other mothers in worst situations than me who continue a pregnancy and raise a child therefore I did not feel justified enough to make the decision to end a life. I understand some people may disagree with my choice to continue university with a child but I find it completely do able as I am fully dedicated to both my child and making it work to better our futures. I would rather do this now and be able to provide a stable future for her when she starts school rather than be a stay at home mum and then go to uni and have no a lot of money when she starts school, I want to prepare my future now.
I got in to a London university and I live in Dorset so that wasn't ideal. I have applied through clearing for Southampton but I am yet unsure if I will get a space. If I do it will be ideal as the course is classed as full time but is only for 2 days a week and its about a 20 minute cheap train journey from where I am.
Because I am a student right now I don't get any benefits and im not sure if I can claim any while pregnant and being a student? Right now I live at home with my grandparents and im lucky enough for my grandparents to be supporting me until my student loan comes through (end of next month) I get maximum grant and loan as I live away from my mum which works out divided at about £550 a month (ALLOT of this would be going on travel to London if i end up not getting a place at the other uni as i don't think moving to an unfamiliar place with a newborn is a good idea)
I am so worried that I will have to live on a student loan to pay rent bills nappies milk clothes etc for me and my daughter. Will I be given anything else? I have very little experience with benefits but I do know that most stay at home single mothers don't struggle much financially but i feel i will just because im a student.
Does anyone know what benefits I will get and how much I will get and if it will effect my student loan or vice versa? I think I can get child benefit and child tax credits but im unsure how much and can i get income support?
Also I haven't told anyone im pregnant yet the dad wants no involvement so im a little ashamed of telling my grandparents and i know how much this will upset them. Does anyone know if i will be entitled to housing benefit? as unfortunately i think when they find out im going to have to move, and does anyone know if i can get this while being pregnant and a student or if i will have to wait till i have had the baby. If i was to move I got in to the closer uni i would probably end up moving in to a home near there as the rent is considerably cheaper and i would spend less on travel.
Thanks everyone.
I am 18 and recently finished sixth form and achieved the grades I needed to attend university in September. I knew I was pregnant when I got the grades but still intended to continue and pursue university however difficult others say it may be. It was my choice to continue the pregnancy despite everyone else comments I felt like for me it was the right thing to do. I know there are other mothers in worst situations than me who continue a pregnancy and raise a child therefore I did not feel justified enough to make the decision to end a life. I understand some people may disagree with my choice to continue university with a child but I find it completely do able as I am fully dedicated to both my child and making it work to better our futures. I would rather do this now and be able to provide a stable future for her when she starts school rather than be a stay at home mum and then go to uni and have no a lot of money when she starts school, I want to prepare my future now.
I got in to a London university and I live in Dorset so that wasn't ideal. I have applied through clearing for Southampton but I am yet unsure if I will get a space. If I do it will be ideal as the course is classed as full time but is only for 2 days a week and its about a 20 minute cheap train journey from where I am.
Because I am a student right now I don't get any benefits and im not sure if I can claim any while pregnant and being a student? Right now I live at home with my grandparents and im lucky enough for my grandparents to be supporting me until my student loan comes through (end of next month) I get maximum grant and loan as I live away from my mum which works out divided at about £550 a month (ALLOT of this would be going on travel to London if i end up not getting a place at the other uni as i don't think moving to an unfamiliar place with a newborn is a good idea)
I am so worried that I will have to live on a student loan to pay rent bills nappies milk clothes etc for me and my daughter. Will I be given anything else? I have very little experience with benefits but I do know that most stay at home single mothers don't struggle much financially but i feel i will just because im a student.
Does anyone know what benefits I will get and how much I will get and if it will effect my student loan or vice versa? I think I can get child benefit and child tax credits but im unsure how much and can i get income support?
Also I haven't told anyone im pregnant yet the dad wants no involvement so im a little ashamed of telling my grandparents and i know how much this will upset them. Does anyone know if i will be entitled to housing benefit? as unfortunately i think when they find out im going to have to move, and does anyone know if i can get this while being pregnant and a student or if i will have to wait till i have had the baby. If i was to move I got in to the closer uni i would probably end up moving in to a home near there as the rent is considerably cheaper and i would spend less on travel.
Thanks everyone.
