I just found out today that the post grad study I wanted to do next year is all double semester papers. i had been hoping to complete half of my post grad dip while pregnant and then finish it the following year after baby was born and we were in a routine. (In NZ our academic year goes Feb-Nov) but now that I find all the papers are double semester I can't complete half the post grad dip, as even being a part-time student, the papers would have to be completed over the whole year, which if I start ttc in Dec, as I had planned, and I got pregnant straight away means I would have a baby right at the most crucial part of the academic year, rendering all the money, time and effort worthless as I would get a DNC on my academic transcript.
So here is my dilemma. I put off TTC until March - that way if got pregnant straight away I could complete my post grad dip while pregnant, or I keep to plan and see what happens, if I get pregnant before March I can pull out of the course without academic or financial penalty OR I can go get a full-time job, since I have exams in a few weeks, and put off my career change/post grad study until my kid is a toddler.
Best laid plans, aye. Feeling pretty down about all this tbh. My brain tells me waiting til March before TTC really is the smart thing to do, it's only and extra few months - heart says extra few months will feel like FOREVER! Especially when you have been looking forward to a date and then pushing it back makes it even harder to cope. Spiritual side of me says - let the universe decide, if you get pregnant straight away - then you have back up plan and if it happens after March -then all good!
I feel so conflicted.
What you ladies do?
