MsKara reminded me, the first few years, i was constantly worried i would literally drop my baby, especially when out and about (concrete), plus our floor at home was concrete with 1mm lino on it. It never happened, i was in pain alot, my wrists still experienced spasms when i would drop things, but i never ever dropped my baby. I really had to monitor my own fatigue levels - apart from the sleep deprivation part, i had to work out stuff like - only have ONE outing per day, schedule things for the morning (when i had more energy). Stuff that would sound pathetic to anyone else, but i had to do it, to be safe with lifting DD. And always getting dh to bathe her. I tried to get dh to do supermarket shopping (due to the heavy lifting) but he wouldn't do it. In hindsight, if i had done online shopping with delivery, that would have been sorted. Anything you can outsource, that saves your strength and stress levels, means you have that bit more strength/energy/patience with your nb.

i found being pregnant, going thru labour, having a nb, breastfeeding frequently, i felt very overheated - maybe it's all those hormones racing around. Anyhoo, having comfy summery clothing and enough fans, was a must. You get told "baby can't regulate their own temperature for first six weeks", but it was a surprise to me, that I would feel so warm, as well.

if you intend to breastfeed, or give it a go, i felt hottest, and clammiest, when feeding by pulling up my tshirt - cos then baby's skin was against my stomach and breast. When i swapped to bf-ing tees, when my stomach was covered by clothing, only bit of me exposed was around the nipple, there was far less skin to come into contact with baby, so i didn't sweat so much. SOme bf-ing clothing, the access is from the top. You unlatch the strap (just like you do on a maternity bra) and all your breast is exposed. Other bf-ing tops give the access from the bottom. Have two layers of fabric over your stomach, you lift up ONE of those layers and there are holes cut out where the nipples are.