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[quote=Anonymous]I used a FANTASTIC night nurse for both my babies 6 nights a week.  They were both babies that were up for HOURS screaming every night so I was getting about 1-2 hours of sleep a night and losing my mind.  DH is on a medication at night that prevents him from waking easily to help and had to go back to work travel after 2 weeks anyways.

Once I got the night nurse (about 1.5 weeks in both times), maternity leave and early motherhood went from being miserable where I cried from exhaustion and was rapidly sliding into depression, to an ok experience where i was able to adjust and bond. I still took care of my cranky high-needs babies for 16 hours a day (and got up to pump at night) - in what world is that lazy?! And I was able to do it calmly and sanely and the second time around continue to be a great mom

And now a few years in I'm far from a lazy mom, i have no guilt about making the first few months more enjoyable for both me and my baby (someone was there to lovingly hold them all night vs me desperately trying to put them back down because they'd been crying and up for hours), and if anything it made both our lives better vs worse

Yes i realize its a privilege to afford this help.  Yes I believe i could have sucked it up and done it if I hadn't been able to afford help, probably with more ppd, a much harder transition back to work (and yes my income impacts my kid's lives), more snapping at my toddler, my arguing with my husband and long term impact on my marriage (which also impacts my kids lives), and no i'm not going to feel any guilt or like i was lazy for not martyring myself and making everyone more miserable on principle[/quote]

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