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How to Survive The First Week With Your Newborn – 6 Quick Tips

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How to Survive The First Week With Your Newborn You have waited 40 weeks and spent hours in labor  waiting for your newborn. Finally, it’s here, but then you realize that you aren’t as prepared but confused about what to do and how to do it.  Reality hits you when you leave the comfort of the hospital to your home. You can’t really anticipate what  the first week  will be as it depends on your little one. Suddenly, your entire life revolves around your newborn. If this is your first, there will be highs and very low lows. Even though you can’t change the situation, you can  survive the first week with these tips for you and your newborn. Tips are: #1) Don’t reject help: Please don’t say no to help.  You will not realize how exhausted you are until you come home. The pains of labor, expelling the placenta, a few stitches there, and the mental exhaustion will come rushing back and leave you drained. So if mom, mom-in-law or a friend is...