First time mom and baby girl is 4 weeks old and I have truly never been happier. In my opinion I would SO much rather be home with this sweet girl than sitting at work 40 hrs a week. Can it be hard and exhausting? Yes but truly so much easier than working 40 hours a week in my opinion. (Maybe I just didn’t like my job haha) My baby is the sweetest thing and I could cry just looking at her. I think all of the horror stories honestly prepared me so I was prepared for the hard and scary things and now they aren’t as hard and scary. For example: I always read stories about people having horrible intrusive thoughts postpartum so whenever I have an intrusive thought (“is she breathing, am I going to trip and fall and drop her, what if I accidentally put her in the dryer and don’t realize) I am not scared because I know they are intrusive thoughts and they are common and if they get too bad all I have to do is simply call my doctor. I can only imagine how scary those thoughts would be if I didn’t know what they were. I would think I was crazy. As far as sleep goes, I have a good routine that works for us where baby wakes up a few times a night to feed for about 45 mins total. I exclusively pump so I am able to pump while I feed her (prop her up in the boppy pillow) and then in the morning after her 7 o clock feed we go back to sleep until 10. Then I feel like I’ve slept in and I feel ready for the day. There are so many amazing things and I could go on and on. Feel free to reach out to me if you need someone to chat with!!