So... I'm a first year Ph.D. student whose program set them up with $1,000 of funding in "starter money" that has to be used for academic purposes and needs to be spent and accounted for by this June. Not having a pressing need for books or equipment, I decided to use my funding to partially finance a trip to Dublin to do some archival research. I planned it out with my adviser several months in advance, got approval from the relevant archivists, and booked cheap plane tickets and a week at a centrally located, inexpensive hostel (Oliver St. John Gogarty's) for after my second semester of coursework ended. I realized, at the time I booked things, that I would be staying in crowded, noisy location in the middle of the Temple Bar, but at that point I was on prescription medications that had immediate somnolence as a side effect and I figured that I would be pretty amenable to some drunken partying after finishing out my first year of a Ph.D.

Well, fast forward to today, and... I'm pregnant. It wasn't totally unplanned, but after having unexplained fertility issues for over a year and being in the process of getting initial consults with a reproductive endocrinologist, it wasn't something I really expected at all. Until this past week or so, my primary concern with regards to the pregnancy was to confirm everything was going okay and that I was safe to travel in the first place. (It is and I am. My travel plans have been discussed with my doctors repeatedly.) Suffice it to say, however, that drunken revelry is out, I'm not on any sleep-inducing meds anymore, and just this past week, I've become a continually nauseous insomniac. I am set to leave next week, and I'm a more than a little panicked as I realize how insanely difficult it might be to get any sleep whatsoever with my present arrangements. I'm also fretting over the possibility of being the world's most obnoxious dorm-mate should I end up progressing to actual vomiting (right now its just ongoing nausea).

It's not really in my budget to switch to a hotel, given the time involved. Right now pretty much everywhere I could get a private room for the dates would cost me about as much or more per night than I'm presently paying for 8 days at this place. My husband and I have enough in savings that I could conceivably octuple my lodging expenses if I absolutely had to, but I'm rather understandably, I think, balking at the prospect of doing that, as this would take what I'm paying out of pocket for this trip from a few hundred for meals and incidentals to several thousand dollars... which... you know... is money we should seriously be considering saving up for the expenses of having a kid. I also can't expect any school reimbursement for what I've already paid if I attempt to reschedule or cancel, and I'm honestly reluctant to forego this trip for any reason other than medical necessity, as I am a huge nerd and have fantasized for many years about getting my hands on the rare manuscript at Trinity College that I am slated to be able to finally look at.

My present plan is to just be upfront with whomever I room with that I might have a few issues, pack my eyemask/earplugs/Diclegis, try to wrangle a bottom bunk nearest the bathroom, and look up what alternatives I can afford should it seem imperative that I switch out for some place else later in the week. Is this a decent plan or am I being foolish to not just pony up the cash for some place private? Is there anything else I should/could conceivably be doing? This is my first time traveling solo and staying in a hostel, and while I've been pretty chill most of my life with weird/uncomfortable/spartan accommodations, this is obviously pretty unexplored territory all around right now.