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[quote=Anonymous]For those who did track 2, how did you manage more intense hours and responsibilities while heavily pg and tired and worried you can go into labor any day and knowing you will be absent for 3 months,  and later with the newborn, sleep deprivation and BFing and worrying about the baby and wanting to be there when they are sick, etc?

Some of the stories just sound too good to be true to me.  It's almost like some of these women are super-human, immune to sleep deprivation, formula feed,  have newborns that STTN right away and don't get sick,  and are ok seeing their baby 2 hours a day max.   I am no stranger working 80 hour weeks and sleep deprivation, but after the baby arrived, my whole world turned upside down.  I could barely make it through the day, could not have crazy amounts of caffeine, because of BFing, pumping consumed a lot of time, I was just deadly tired for the first 1.5 years of my kid's life, as he was a terrible sleeper and I didn't have anyone to outsource to, other than a full time nanny, who was there to cover only the hours I was at work.   I just cannot imagine someone adding to the workload during the newborn/infant and even toddler stages, while also having household duties, like cooking, organizing, even with a weekly housekeeper.  Did your husbands stay home or had extremely flexible jobs and did most of the childcare and household tasks?    I am thinking of jumping back in full force when kids are older, I really don't see how I can do this with little kids not having 2 nannies or family nearby.

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