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I too am an "about 8" kind of gal. I used to get way less but I felt like crap all the time. I'm sure this will change when LO arrives! My DH gets like no sleep (5-6 hours a night) and has more energy than me, so jealous!

7.5-9 depending on whether or not dd wakes up. I need a lot of sleep so I go to bed early.

I usually get about 7 - 8 hrs, and I feel like I NEED that much to function (and most days I still feel sluggish). No kids yet, so I'm scared about how I will handle much less sleep when the time comes!!

7ish, I really need 8!

Pre-baby I averaged about 8, maybe a little less. I'm a night owl but would wake up as late as possible to still get to work sort of on time.

Now with a 6 month old who is up once or twice a night I think I average about 6 hours a night, but it's broken up with her night feedings. I add a little extra horizontal time, even if I'm not sleeping, by bringing her into bed for her morning feeding and do side lying nursing.

To those of you not sure how you will deal with so little sleep with a baby... you just do. Some days are worse than others (or in our case, some months...) but you get through it. You may snap at your SO saying, "It's FINE. I'll just never sleep again!" as you stomp off to the babies room yet again to feed her, but you'll survive

The first year of J's life? Maybe 3-4 hours. If I was lucky.

But now that he's nearly 2 and a good sleeper, I try to make sure I get 7-8. Some nights I stay up too late though and only get 5.5-6. I feel it pretty hard when I do that.

But after that first year with a baby - I know I could adjust to less sleep if I needed to.

5-6 in 2 chunks. I can manage on this, but it'd be nice to get a lie in every once in a while...

6-7, interrupted.

I get 7-8 interrupted hours. DH gets 5-6 but seems to do fine on that.

Most nights I get 5-6, usually consecutive. One weekend night I can usually get 8-9, if D gets up with E.

D's work schedule is weird, and he works late hours, so I have to stay up when I want to spend time with him. I've tried moving E's bedtime later but he wakes up at the same early-ish time (for us) no matter what time I put him down.

Anywhere from 6-8, depending on when LO wakes up and when I go to sleep.

For me, it's not the actual number of hours that helps me feel rested, I think--it's when they are. So I will feel more rested if I sleep from 12-7 than if I sleep from 9-5, even tho it's the same amount of sleep. Unfortunately, LO is an early riser and I am usually up by 6!

6-8 usually. Sometimes less, every now and then more.

btwn 8-9 hours