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[quote=Anonymous]I had horrible postpartum anxiety and I’m a light sleeper. My son was a normal sleeper but super loud and after the first week, including complications from the c section, PPA etc I’d hardly slept at all and had terrifying insomnia. This led me and my husband to split nights starting on week 2, enabling each of us to get 5-6 hours in uninterrupted a night (I slept 9-2, him 2-7). Helped my PPA enormously and I was back to myself by the time he was 7-8 weeks, which is also when he started sleeping 7-8 hours a night. I think it helped that we moved him into his own room and crib early (because he was so dang loud). It also helped that I was fine with him having some formula - I mostly breastfed, but we gave him a bottle early and fi I didn’t pump enough during the day, I was fine with my husband feeding him formula.

I say all this to say: if you are worried about sleep or it becomes a health or mental health crisis, solutions exist and don’t be shy about using them. Partner (if you have one), friends/family, using formula, hiring a night nurses if you have the resources (even for 1-2 nights a week). Do everything in your power to get 4-5 hours of uninterrupted sleep and don’t feel bad about anything you need to do to get it. Being a good parent is about you being healthy, not EBF or doing every feeding etc

Good luck! I’ll be back in this boat next month with another newborn. [/quote]

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