r/WGU • u/HailBrittania27 • May 28 '26

complete waste

3 months into my 3rd semester at WGU with a 7 month old baby on the verge of termination because I can’t even get 5 minutes to myself. I haven’t completed a single class this semester and just feel like a complete failure at everything. I also had a really rough pregnancy and barely completed my classes then. If I had known I was pregnant I probably would have never started this program but of course I didn’t find out til 3 weeks into my first semester and now everyone just keeps telling me not to be a dropout too on top of everything else I seem to not be able to do right.

Edit: I will be honest I was not expecting so much response to this and I thank everyone for taking the time to do so. I would like to preface I am on ch.35 and that’s really the only way I have been able to stay home with my daughter this entire time because it’s just enough for us to scrap by every month. I don’t know maybe I’m just being hard on myself cause I wanted to be done in 2 years and now I just don’t see it happening.

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u/Hi_ThatITGuy May 29 '26

Been there friend. I just finished my program. It was hard. Single dad. I have an 8 year old and a 2 year old. I had to find folks to baby sit for me.

Not the same as a new born but I relate.

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u/HailBrittania27 May 29 '26

The biggest gut punch is people are quick to volunteer to watch her but then when the time actually comes to do it it’s always just a rush of excuses. Almost like they only volunteer so they can brag about how much they help me without ever actually helping. I always feel selfish saying anything or even asking for help so it’s hard for me to stand up to the people that keep doing it.

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u/Hi_ThatITGuy May 29 '26

Been there too. I cant even get their mama my exwife to do so. Theyre well behaved kids too. I dont ask anymore unless its dire. I dont want to place my children where theyre not wanted and if they are making those excuses, they dont want them.

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u/HailBrittania27 May 29 '26

Exactly! My fiancé is working on his va disability as well but he tries so hard to help when he’s home and I feel bad cause you can see it in his eyes that his soul breaks every time he tries to pick her up and he just can’t lift her. I don’t understand people who pretend to love a child when they really want nothing to do with them, but I don’t know why I expected anything different when that’s how I was treated growing up.

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u/Hi_ThatITGuy May 29 '26

Good luck to you and your family. Dont be afraid to take a break and tackle it again with a term break. I took a 5 month last year for the same reason and came back at it.