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It does always surprise me just how judgmental some of the people here are. I pledged as a single, childless, second semester freshman who worked two jobs and went to school full time. Yes, that was a piece of cake, because other than having to be present in class and work, things were pretty easy over all.
However, while I was pregnant with my daughter, I was working full time, going to graduate school part in the evenings, volunteering as the Finance Adviser of my initiating chapter (spending at least one night a week there) as well as being a wife, cleaning a house and going to alumna club meetings. If you have a healthy pregnancy, why would being a new member be too taxing? Pregnancy isn't an illness!
I'd venture a guess that 90% (if not more) of parents hire a babysitter to go on a date with their spouse, go to a wedding, bowl in a bowling league, etc. This isn't bad parenting, this is taking of yourself.
Sure, maybe at some very traditional southern schools where only freshmen get bids and most women are legacies, it might be a problem, but at urban commuter schools, it's a different world.
Dee
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