Maternity Leave. (Also posted in pregnancy)
Hi Ladies,
I am after some advice please - I am in my second year of university and I have recently handed my notice in at my part time job (long story as to why)
Anyway I am due in May which is perfect timing for the summer holidays, however in September I am due to go back and start my third and final placement which means working full time till January, while doing academic work etc...
So when I first got my BFP I in my wisdom thought the summer holidays would be plenty of time off (this is my first) but as the time gets nearer i'm starting to think that maybe it won't be? I have two options really, one is that I defer the whole year and go back to uni Sept 2012, however this will mean I wont receive any student finance, OR I can defer the placement, to the end of the year as opposed to the start, this would mean that i wouldnt return to uni till Jan 2012 when I go for lectures and that my placement will take place in the summer of 2012, I wont graduate with my class, but I will still be entitled to all the student finance as I will have enrol in September as normal.
Im thinking the second option is the best but wanted some other peoples perspective on it.
Thanks xxx
I am after some advice please - I am in my second year of university and I have recently handed my notice in at my part time job (long story as to why)
Anyway I am due in May which is perfect timing for the summer holidays, however in September I am due to go back and start my third and final placement which means working full time till January, while doing academic work etc...
So when I first got my BFP I in my wisdom thought the summer holidays would be plenty of time off (this is my first) but as the time gets nearer i'm starting to think that maybe it won't be? I have two options really, one is that I defer the whole year and go back to uni Sept 2012, however this will mean I wont receive any student finance, OR I can defer the placement, to the end of the year as opposed to the start, this would mean that i wouldnt return to uni till Jan 2012 when I go for lectures and that my placement will take place in the summer of 2012, I wont graduate with my class, but I will still be entitled to all the student finance as I will have enrol in September as normal.
Im thinking the second option is the best but wanted some other peoples perspective on it.
Thanks xxx
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i was a student nurse when i fell pregnant (planned) and my baby was due in jan last year-she came a week early in december 2009.
i had the choice of rejoining my class in eatser or starting my next year in the september or defrring until jan2011 as my class was a january intake anyway.
firstly i chose to go back in the september 2010 but then they changed all the work patterns for my placements meaning i would have to do 12 hour shifts 7am-7:30pm 3/4 days a week. there was no way i was going to leave the house before my baby was awake and get home after she has fallen asleep and after a lot of thought and taking with my hubby and many other people i chose to give up uni. i was seconded from my local nhs trust and i now have to pay back my maternity leave money minus smp but its been the best thing i have ever done!
i am now in a job where the stress is zero. i start no earlier than 8 and finish no later than 6pm and do 8 hours inbetween these hours.
i could have still chosen to go back this month but i am the least stressed and happiest i have ever been and i get paid the same now for serving coffee as i did for doing some of the not nice jobs in nursing (commode emptying anyone?!)
do whatever you feel is best for you and your family. i would go with your sencond option-its not set in stone and can always change your mind. but as my mum told me-ypour children are only young once xx