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. The days ran together, and it was a struggle to get my first little one to sleep through the night. Our sleep schedule was flipped on its head, with the baby going down for the night around 3 or 4 a.m. and sleeping until almost noon.
The life changes that accompany the birth of your first child can be jarring and downright earth-shaking — so much so that. Before I knew what had hit me, I was leaving my baby at home for the first time to head back to work teaching ESL and pumping breastmilk during the day. Those first few months were some of the most emotionally intense months of my life, and yet my maternity leave during COVID-19 proved to be just as emotionally taxing for altogether different reasons.
Aside from the logistics of getting groceries and essential items and going to the doctor's office, the most salient and memorable aspects of my maternity leave during COVID-19 were video calls with family members and self-care practices to reduce postpartum and stay-at-home related anxiety. I had already suffered from and coped with anxiety during my pregnancy, so I knew it would possibly continue after I gave birth.
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