Looking back, Michelle1 now realizes that she should have accepted more help.

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I’d also suggest if you have someone that has a newborn, go there, take care of that newborn for a day, two days and just see what it actually is like ’cause it was such a shock fundamentally for me. The days were very, very long and I didn’t expect them to be so long. And I had a support system, I just didn’t use it. So, when I went into the hospital I had to use it so my mother got to hold her grandson, my mother-in-law was responsible for his care. I had – my husband had suggested a night nanny but I kept on saying no. I said the only people that can take care of this baby are me and you. And that was the wrong approach, you can’t do it alone.

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