I know I'm reviving an old thread here but I am new so have been reading through a heap!!

I am pregnant with my first, due March 2013 and I feel like this pregnancy has given me so much clarity about what I want to be when I grow up!! I am thinking of going back to do my grad dip ed in secondary. I worked full time and studied part time for a Masters which took two years so I know I can buckle down and do these things- but now I have a 13 yo step son living with us full time, I have a new born due in March, I am still working full time and my husband works away a lot. So... how manageable is it to study with a newborn and a teenager?

I feel like I could buy the books now and study hard now before bubs is due. Then once bub comes along she will sleep peacefully in a hug a bub through lectures and tutes and I can take advantage of maternity leave, plus I will be a little bit ahead of myself! Am I being totally crazy here? Or would I be better off waiting until second semester to enrol, because bub is due in the third week of uni!! Or better off waiting until 2014 to start full time?

I feel like I would like to have the three months just to relish in having a lovely new baby but I really am so sick of my current job that two years feels like such a long time to have a career change. Perhaps the hormones are making me rush things...

Is it doable- newborn & study & work?