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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That newborn parenting lack of sleep is unlike any other kind of sleep deprivation.

I thought I was prepared. I have worked some super demanding jobs that involved all nighters or going days at a time with 4-5 hours of sleep. But what I wasn't prepared for was only sleeping an hour or so at a time in the beginning. That's a whole other level. Never getting into that deep sleep mode was just brutal. I remember being amazed that they just let you care for a baby in that state. I mean I didn't feel safe driving a car, much less caring for a helpless infant.

But on the positive side:

I have never really liked my body, but during pregnancy I absolutely loved my body. In a way, I felt like my body is meant to be pregnant. So that's what those wide hips and curves are for.

The love that I have for my baby is just absolutely fierce and consuming. I'd heard people talk about this, but couldn't really fathom how obsessed I'd be with her and how much protecting her and caring for her would consume my thoughts. Some cranky days she is hard to like, but I always love her like crazy.[/quote]

I feel this so much. The crazy thing is how fast you forget about the sleep deprivation and then how fast it comes rushing back when your second, third, etc baby is born. [/quote]

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