Hi everyone, I rarely post, but have been lurking on the board for the past four years or so. I'm currently writing up a humanities phd, and am four and a half months pregnant; the thesis HAS to be finished before I give birth in the summer, as the idea of trying to finish whilst caring for a newborn and toddler (I have a 2 year old as well) is just too awful to contemplate. Plus I need to have completed before the end of the academic year so that I can apply for the next round of post-doctoral funding, etc. On top of that, I'm trying to organise three different conference-type events (including filling out long funding applications), and co-ordinating a book project. I'm so tired - I keep wondering if it is all worth it, and have been fantasising about being hospitalised / put on bed rest so I have an excuse to take some time off. I know some people on here have managed to finish whilst pregnant or with young children - please come and tell me that it is all worth it!