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bedsharing/BF question

cjagscjags member
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Hi, I'm a lurker that doesn't want to be a lurker anymore. I'm currently using attachment parenting principles with my 8 week old.

 Anyway, we start the night with the little guy in a co-sleeper and usually end up bedsharing for a few hours in the early am; earlier if it's a bad night (he's not a great sleeper yet...)

What I'm wondering is, if you BF in bed, do you switch sides?  I've read that most people sleep with their baby on the same side of them all night (usually the side away from their partner it seems) so, for example, if your LO is on your left do you use your right breast to feed at all, or just your left?  Do you put him/her on your right side for part of the night?  I'm afraid to put him between me and my partner because he's almost rolled on him already.

Are there other positions for in bed than side-lying?  Am I missing something? I know this sounds dumb, but I really don't get it!

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  • StrawberryAlarmClockStrawberryAlarmClock member
    Hey Mama! Congrats on coming out of lurkdom! Yes, I switch sides. Usually, I put my arm under LO's head, pull him to my chest and roll over (I'm too tired to pick him up). However, we have also nursed the "top" breast without changing sides (right breast while laying on left).
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    imageStrawberryAlarmClock:
    Hey Mama! Congrats on coming out of lurkdom! Yes, I switch sides. Usually, I put my arm under LO's head, pull him to my chest and roll over (I'm too tired to pick him up). However, we have also nursed the "top" breast without changing sides (right breast while laying on left).

    I think mine are too small for that :(  I would need to pretty much be on top of LO for that to work I think... probably not the safest!

    The rollover is what I've been doing, like you described, but I'm still scared that my hubs will roll on him!  We have a queen, so we're pretty close together.

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  • pepomntpatpepomntpat member
    I am sure you can do the top breast.  I lay almost on my stomach with LO next to me so she can reach the top breast. I am definitely not on top of her.  I also switch sides, just depends on my mood. However, DH never rolls over our way.  He sleeps so close to his edge he almost falls off.
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  • rianalsrianals member

    I swich sides, too.  I would usually do something similar to what the PP posted.

    Lately, my 19 month old only wants the "top" breast, though.  It isn't quite as comfortable for me and I always feel like I'm laying halfway on top of her.

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  • BFab11BFab11 member
    We have a cal-king bed, so DS and I have our own space. When he was younger and in between us I'd have my arm around him so if DH started rolling he'd get me and not DS. I also use the "hug and roll" to switch sides.
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  • skyejoskyejo member

    imagepepomntpat:
    DH never rolls over our way.  He sleeps so close to his edge he almost falls off.

    Haha, my DH does the same!

    I switch sides in the night.  I just move LO over. We have a king bed so there's enough room for me not to have to worry about DH rolling onto her. 

    I tried not switching sides one night and I caved around 4am because I was so engorged on the side I didn't use.  Never again!

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  • cjagscjags member

    imagepepomntpat:
    I am sure you can do the top breast.  I lay almost on my stomach with LO next to me so she can reach the top breast. I am definitely not on top of her.  I also switch sides, just depends on my mood. However, DH never rolls over our way.  He sleeps so close to his edge he almost falls off.

     

    hmmm... never thought of lying on my stomach... I'll give this a try, thanks!

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  • welshgirlwelshgirl

    coming out of lurkerdom too!

    imageskyejo:

    imagepepomntpat:
    DH never rolls over our way.  He sleeps so close to his edge he almost falls off.

    Haha, my DH does the same!

    I switch sides in the night.  I just move LO over. We have a king bed so there's enough room for me not to have to worry about DH rolling onto her. 

    This is us exactly. I roll up a towel to put between DD and DH or the edge of the bed, depending on side, and I usually swap sides midway thru the night.  Between her and H it acts as a barrier, but it's mostly to help H relax I think.

     

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