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Starter   I don't know if this is PPD or not....maybe I am just
selfish. But either way, I am having a hard time.  We have a 6
year old son and a month old daughter. We are practicing
attached parenting; breastfeeding, co-sleeping, wearing our
baby, etc. (A little back story - my son is from a previous
relationship and our daughter is my husband's first child). But
lately I just want my freedom, I want to sleep all night without
interruption, I want to be able to leave the house without
having to pump for days to make sure I have enough milk stored
up.  I want my husband's life.  He works early in the morning,
so I don't wake him to help with the baby in the middle of the
night and he gets to go out and leave the house without a second
thought.  I bartend 2 nights/week for no mor