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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you going to breastfeed? That would make a difference to me. [/quote]

OP if this is your first, you may not realize yet how much your supply might be affected by taking nights off and/or how your boobs might explode and wake you up anyway. Not at all saying a night nanny isn’t still helpful, just might factor in. [/quote]
OP here - it is my first but I do understand that. I don’t plan on EBF and if my supply is impacted in the name of sleep, so be it. Sleep is really important to my mental health.[/quote]

Yes, but you might not get to pick your supply issue. Mine was oversupply, so I had to get up to nurse or pump no matter what. But a night nurse could still have made that process less disruptive. [b]There are also a lot of subterranean hormones that will affect your ability to sleep through the night[/b]. Just go easy on yourself is what I'm saying and don't count on a night nurse solving all your postpartum sleep issues.

I think I would front load, personally. More help earlier. As the baby gets older and into a rhythm and your supply regulates, the nights will get easier. [/quote]

This! I’m the PP who had a night nanny 4x/night until 7 weeks. One of the reasons we didn’t continue past 7 weeks was that as the initial exhaustion wore off, I was often plagued with insomnia after waking to feed. It sucked paying that kind of $ on the nights I was awake anyway. 11 weeks now and baby is sleeping 9pm-7am so I am finally able to get a full night of sleep. [/quote]

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