To Wake or Not To Wake...that is the question.

Last night I had one of those moments that all mothers of new borns have. You know...the one where you wake up scared out of your mind because you haven't heard the baby stir in several hours. Yes that one. Last night, I fed Annabella at 9pm and laid her down. She fell right to sleep (which is very nice, by the way). I went to bed at 10:30 and was awakened by my "baby feeders" going "hey, we need to be emptied." I then rolled over to see that it was 3:45am. I jumped out of bed in a panic to see if she was still breathing, and there she slept, ever so peacefully with thumb in mouth...whew! After going back to bed, I then found myself going "do I wake her?"..."I'm in pain here, please wake up."..."No let her sleep, she finally starting to sleep longer than 3 hr stretches." After about 10 mins. of going back and forth, I finally decide to gently get her out of her pack n play and feed her. She didn't even wake, and ate nicely...Ahhhh relief. Don't get me wrong, I am happy she is starting to sleep longer periods, but she needs to "wean" me off so I don't panic and or explode. Ahhh those wonderful mommy moments. Wouldn't trade 'em for anything.