Bedsharing Specifics?

starshineamator

I'm pregnant with my first and have always planned to bedshare, but I do want to make sure that I'm doing so safely. I've done a lot of research but seemed to find conflicting information, so I figured I'd ask you all what worked best. 

For the bed: Mattress on the floor and up against the wall? Does that include the box spring or do you remove that too? Or get a safety rail that attaches to the bed and leave the bed at normal height? 

We have a mattress protector that doesn't allow liquids to get onto the actual mattress- do we need anything more than that to protect the bed? 

Positioning: Mom in the middle, baby next to mom only? What position does mom sleep in? I typically sleep on my sides anyways- but I do switch back and forth throughout the night (more often now that I'm pregnant and my hips hurt). Will the act of turning over disturb the baby? Is it ever ok to have my back to her? 

I will be EBF (unless there's a problem and I can't), so I figured I'd just sleep without a shirt/bra on to make it easier. Is there any reason to NOT do this? It will be warm enough that I won't need a blanket or anything. 

TIA.  

[Deleted User]

I don't know what others do but this is what we do, and we've been doing it for about 2 months. Our bed is not on the floor, rather it is in a regular bedframe, boxspring and all. DH and I each sleep with one pillow. We use one blanket that stops at th

Danni7535

Betty&Co:

I don't know what others do but this is what we do, and we've been doing it for about 2 months. Our bed is not o

starshineamator

Betty&Co:

I know this is not recommended, but it is something that we are both comfor

Ginny0211

We didn't start bedsharing till LO was 4-5 months old. At that point our bed was on it's frame. Once DD started crawling we switched to mattress on the floor with no box spring. 

I slept on my side and DD side laying nursed. I usually sl

Emerald27

We put the mattresses on the floor with the box spring, but really just because we had nowhere to store it. I am very aware of where DS is, so we've been able to sleep like that safely. We recently put the bed frame back on and added a bedrail next to me.

ForeverEverAfter

We use our normal bed on its frame. The PnP bassinet is on my side up against the bed, 10" down. She sleeps there for the first stretch, then she comes in to side lie nurse, and usually falls asleep doing so. Everything I've read says baby between mom and