How is it balancing your studies and pregnancy / a child?
Anna Gall/ Melanie Ilik: During pregnancy, especially at the beginning you can have difficulties because you’re so tired - it’s hard to stay concentrated and prepare well for exams. Taking all of the exams in one examination period wouldn’t have been possible for us or at least it would have meant our grades would have been worse. We use the possibility to put off exams so we can split up what we need to study.
Melanie Ilik: The child needs to have someone watching him or her so that you can attend lectures. In my case, the child’s grandmother helps out. Others who don’t have family to watch the child need a spot in a childcare center, otherwise it is not possible to regularly participate in the lectures.