I think you will be very wise knowing how much of yourself you have invested in your education. I know that worried feeling is a good sign of not being ready .......very wise.

It was a long time ago when I tried to go on the pill & they have come a long way with it since 1975, but I had problems with blood clots & I would end up passing out not sure what all it was messing up, but my ob-gyn said that the pill was not an option for me......that definitely put much more pressure on what I did even when I was married. We were married, but I ended up pregnant & had our daughter 10 months before I graduated with my BS degree. I was determined that it wasn't going to have any impact on my finishing my degree or my career afterward as that was my higest priority in my life. I can say that didn't help give my daughter a very good childhood even though my parents who were wonderful, were more than willing to care for her.