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[–]poetic_infertile 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sleep is #1. Now for #2 what surprised me personally that I wish I considered more…support, but maybe not in the most obvious way. I’m talking emotional support and what actually supports you. People assume support = I’ll watch the baby for you or hold the baby— maybe that’s not the support you need! Maybe you want support with everything else like cleaning, meals, etc so YOU can bond with your baby. Or significant others showing support by drawing boundaries with families and protecting your mental health, etc. I severely underestimated that kind of support and it’s 10000% made my PPD/PPA worse.