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[quote=Anonymous]The first few weeks are brutal. It’s insane how little sleep you get when feeding a new newborn. Like torture. Yes, taking shifts will impact your supply. Even a 4-5 hour sleep will impact it some. The question is how much. If you have abundant supply, it won’t matter. If you have too little/just enough, it will be noticeable. I recommend you take it a day at a time. If you can make it 2, 3, 4 weeks, the sleep intervals get longer bit by bit. But only if you can do so without being a total disaster. It’s really a judgment call on what’s best for your circumstances. I had postpartum hemorrhage with my first and was extremely weak, so I did have to take longer sleep shifts from the beginning with that kid. So I know it is sometimes necessary and it can be different each time. The benefit was my husband was really capable with the baby from day 1 and still is. [/quote]
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