u/FeistyEnvironment865

Hello, i’m 19 and about to attend my second year at university with a major in CSD. I’m in a sorority at my current school and love it here. If my school offered diagnostic medical sonography or anything related to it, I would switch over in an instant. The only school where i’m from that offers it is RIC. If I wanted to pursue this major, I would have to leave all my friends and my sorority to transfer.

The only reason i’m really considering switching is because I pay for school myself and I can’t imagine taking out even more loans for grad school and to finish my undergrad. Sono is a much shorter education, and you make literally the same pay.

I’m just stuck- part of me wants to stop having to take out more loans, do a 180 and change my major- but I really don’t want to leave the school i’m at.

I could 100% see myself doing SLP work and being happy- but the same goes for sono. It just seems like sonography is way better money and burnout wise because of how much less schooling there is. (that’s not to downplay how hard it is to become one, though.) I originally came to college for teaching but after seeing how much I had in loans already at freshly 18, I felt I literally had to switch to something else. Any advice is really really appreciated ! Thank you so much!

Hi all.

To start off- i’m 18 (almost 19) year old who had my copper iud put in late june of last year. everything’s been fine.

Today- I tested positive. I’ve had an abortion before, which lead to me getting my copper IUD put in so I wouldn’t have to do that again. Now - i am technically five weeks pregnant. I CANNOT be pregnant. I am in college and my family is low income.
My OB cannot take out my IUD until June, But I cannot wait until June because I want this done ASAP as during my last pregnancy I was so sick I couldn’t go to school or work, and lost almost 15 pounds. Can I still have a medication abortion with my IUD in?

UPDATE: I’ve been at the ER for six hours now. they’ve just now told me my IUD literally hasn’t shifted at all. perfectly in place. just failed me. I’m at a loss.

UPDATE AGAIN: they told me it actually did shift?? It fell all the way down to the lower half of my uterus.

I just finished my first year in undergrad honestly feeling really upset because I ruined my gpa this semester. last semester i was in the deans list with a 3.5, this semester i may be ending with a 2.7, BEST 2.9. I had so much going on, i lost my job, got involved in a police case, bad mental health, constantly sick, joined a sorority, and so much more. Honestly, im just so upset, will i still get into SLP grad school?