How much sleep are you new mums getting?

Question

Hi lovely ladies, my little ones 12 weeks old and he is actually a great sleeper. He had 2 night feeds 11 and 3:30 am and wakes up around 7 am however i find myself only getting 5 hours of sleep a night at its best.
I struggle to fall back asleep after his 3 am feed and usually fall back asleep at 5:30 am and he wakes up at 7.
How much sleep do you ladies get per night? Also does anyone else struggle to sleep even when the little one is fast asleep? 
How do mums survive on such little sleep lol!

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My son falls asleep by 8-830 and up by 7-730 with 1-2 night feedings. I don't even go to sleep until 1am because I take advantage of the quite 🙂 so I end up getting 3-5 hours of sleep, but,  after playtime in the morning my son will have a feeding by 9 or 10 am so I breast feed him lying down and we both take a 2 hour nap and then that's it for sleep with me rest of the day, and honestly I'm fine with it! Before I had my son, sleep was my everything! I could sleep 18 hours a day 😅 but now I've adjusted to my new life. But there are still plenty of days I'm just dead from exhaustion 😅

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My daughter goes down around 10 pm and sleeps better now, usually has at least a 6 hour stretch, or goes 8-12 hours. But I also enjoy that quiet “me” time so I go to bed around 1-2 am 😂. So I usually get 5-6 hours of sleep. 
Honestly though I feel like you just adjust. I have a toddler so there’s been nights that my baby sleeps great and I can still be up every 3 hours with my toddler 🤷🏻‍♀️. Motherhood never stops 😂😂.

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I get 5-6 hours, 7 on a good night. I make sure I don’t pick up my phone for anything except looking at the time. It makes it a lot harder to fall back to sleep after being exposed to any electronic light. I have to wake up for work at 6am and just drink coffee after my morning pump. My body has just gotten used to it. I definitely want my 7-8 hours back, but this is kid #3 for me and I know that won’t come until about one year old. 
I saw a study once about how parents aren’t satisfied with their sleep until kids are 6 years old! If you aren’t waking up to feed, there will be nightmares, tantrums, nedwetting...

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I’m functioning off of anywhere from 4-7 hours of sleep a night if I’m lucky but they’re in segments never all in one long go 🙃 I started having to take a nap with my son at least once during the day just so I clear the fog of exhaustion from my brain

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probably more than i should. i go to bed about 12/1 am and get up at about noon. she wakes up to feed at 6 am and then wakes up again to feed at 11 but goes back to sleep within 30 mins both times. i have issues at 11 because she wants to get up and play but she ends up napping in her swing while i sleep a little bit longer. (i have health issues right now which cause extreme fatigue. pls dont judge me for sleeping so much lol)

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My daughter takes a nap between 5-9pm so I get some rest there, then she wake up and go back to sleep around 12 or 2am and sleep until 7:30am.

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3 hours , I got 1 the first month I just love staring at him lol

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I get about 6-7 hours. My son though sleeps from 730pm and then doesn’t wake for a feeding until 6am.

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My girl is 12 weeks and sleeping from about 9 pm to 6 am! I pass out right after she does

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my son slept thru the night by 7 weeks. he sleeps 8:30-7:30

How much sleep are you new mums getting?

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