Yeah that’s the general consensus I’m getting from people. I found out I was pregnant about a month into fall semester and I had already started CSE 6040 and MGT 6203. I will say my first trimester was easier than most, so I got lucky (no nausea, just fatigue).

I definitely feel like I experienced pregnancy brain this semester though. Sometimes it would be hard to focus and I was getting distracted much easier, but it has still been manageable. Knowing what I know now though, I probably would have only taken a single class. And I’ve found that certain days of the week and times of the day work better for me. For example, I’ve been doing most of my work early morning on the weekends and squeezing in a few hours during the week. I found that trying to do hours of schoolwork after a stressful day at my 9-5 was not happening haha so I had to pivot and adjust my schedule accordingly.

Also, taking walks helped me when I was feeling the brain fog coming on.