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[quote=Anonymous]If you can afford it, a baby nurse is amazing.

A couple of other things.  Sleep when the baby sleeps was a joke for me, since my DS would only sleep if he was being rocked.  So it was housework while wearing the baby.  I survived by going to sleep at 7 pm.

The other thing: since you are a FTM, it is possible that lots of family members will want to travel to see the baby and stay in your house.  Set ground rules.  The best idea is for all visitors to stay at a hotel and to come by for a couple of hours at a time between meals and to be polite you leave, for up to an hour at a time to nurse (or otherwise feed).

If they stay at your house, they set up and cleanup all meals on their own.  Buy paper plates, cups napkins so they don't need ot figure out where dishes or other things are.  No cooking in your house.  (exception for a relatives like your mom that will actually stay and help out.  But be realistic about who will stress you out and who will not.)

This sounds mean, but honestly you are really hormonal exhausted and trying to figure stuff out.  You cannot entertain.   DH's job is to police the in laws.

Otherwise, yes, your mileage may vary.  It sucks but it starts to get better and gets better quite quickly for most people.

Make sure your DH is aware of the possibility of PPD (it didn't happen to me but isn't uncommon) and has a plan if he thinks it is a major issue.  If you don't trust him on this one, ask someone you do (mom, a friend, etc) to do this for you.

And despite all the scare stories it is so worth it.  Congrats OP![/quote]

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