Finally, for all new moms — but especially for moms of preemies — it's crucial to get uninterrupted
sleep for at least a few hours every night, breaks to recharge yourself during the week, good nutrition to support your physical and emotional recovery, and emotional support from those around you.
Not exact matches
A quick fifteen minutes of napping can certainly help recharge your batteries and improve your cognitive functions
for the next
few hours at least, but fall into a deeper
sleep that lasts beyond that golden twenty - minutes, and you could conceivably end up feeling worse rather than better.
For example, as Katie Madden, a Registered Nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) suggests, it's absolutely possible for a partner to take over a night feeding so a breastfeeding mom can sleep (or at least have a few hours without a small human touching the
For example, as Katie Madden, a Registered Nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) suggests, it's absolutely possible
for a partner to take over a night feeding so a breastfeeding mom can sleep (or at least have a few hours without a small human touching the
for a partner to take over a night feeding so a breastfeeding mom can
sleep (or
at least have a
few hours without a small human touching them).
Always remember that your new born baby will be
sleeping more
hours than she is awake,
at least for the first
few months.
It came in more than abundantly with OK who I pumped religiously around the clock every two
hours for, it came in a tiny bit, but not much, with the singleton who was also way too early to attempt to save, and it came in even more abundantly than
for OK with MK, even though I only pumped ever three
hours and made sure I got
at least one six
hour stretch of
sleep a night, and my worst oversupply problem of all of them was with YK, who I only pumped those first
few days a handful of times when I felt up to it.
A
few other things have helped improve my
sleep experience: — no electronics
at least 1
hour before bed, including TV — amber goggles after nightfall — 500 mg of magnesium half an
hour before bed — 20 - minute epsom salt baths — guided meditation
for relaxation just before
sleeping — bedroom cooled to 65F or lower — blackout curtains — eye mask
But
for those of us actually working the booths, it's a lot more standing than walking, and the smiles get to feeling forced by eleven in the morning and there's still
at least twelve more
hours of smiling before the day ends and you get to
sleep a
few hours to prepare
for the next morning's hangover and hard work.
Naturally I needed a place to
sleep at least for a
few hours.
At least until they come to do the floors and the room has to be cleared completely... then we will stay with my parents
for a
few days (who conveniently just moved to PA and are now only 2.5
hours away), and then
sleep on the pull out couch in the living room
for another night or two before we can set furniture and the rug back on the floor.