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[quote=Anonymous]A few thoughts:

Only you can know if you really can afford to drop down a day, or if you really want to do it careerwise.  But if you can, and if you are OK with doing it, I can't encourage you enough to JUST DO IT.  Even one day will help your sanity so much.  Can you still send the baby to daycare for at least half the day, so you can do some meal prep, clean up the house, or take care of the little crap?

Your 9-month-old NEEDS to be napping, for your sanity but more importantly for her own healthy development.  If it means doing a little CIO at naptime I personally would think it is completely worth it.  Once you get that sorted out, you should have at least a couple of hours to yourself per day while she is sleeping.

Why are you concerned about conceiving #2 right now?  Unless you have had fertility problems in the past or you are over, say, 38, I wouldn't even worry about it right now.  Come May, things might be different for you and you may feel ready.  Or you may not.  You can assess when the time comes.  But if you decide to put off TTC for another 6 months or so, it's really not going to change anything in terms of your long term plans and it might really ease the pain of everything.  The younger #1 is when #2 comes along, the harder it's going to be at the beginning.  I don't know why everyone is in such a hurry.  (I have twins so I didn't have a choice, but if I had I would have waited a full 2 years at least after #1 before even thinking about TTC #2.)

Good luck.  It gets better![/quote]

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