"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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She also said that I might want to consider using
formula for one night feeding, even though otherwise I'll be
exclusively
breastfeeding, because PPD is linked to sleep deprivation.

reporting back from my appointment, when I asked about what I can do to
help
things, the first thing the psychiatrist said was sleep, but he did not
suggest missing feeds, or not breastfeeding at all, but that if I start to
not be able to get to sleep easily as happened last time before I slid
into
depression that there are things I could take that should help me get back
to sleep easily but not be a problem with waking up, if this is the case,
this could be really helpful for me, as from when ds was about 4 weeks
old,
I would take so long to fall back asleep after each waking that I
sometimes
only got half and hours sleep between feeds


Could you pump after feeds during the day, so someone could do a syringe or
cup feeding at night, letting you get in 3-4 hours of sleep at a stretch?
Since Alli can't nurse yet, we're doing all feedings with EBM now, but I do
know that when we stopped trying to have her nurse and went to pumping and
feeding EBM (which let other people feed her), which let me get a longer nap
at least once a day, it really helped many of the PPD symptoms I was
starting to show. I can't go longer than 4 hours w/o pumping, but the
difference between 2 hours or less of sleep and 4 hours is dramatic.