I suppose I was lucky - when DD1 was a newbie, DH worked a two weeks away/ one week home roster - so DD1 would sleep on her own side of the bed and I on the other... co-sleeping bliss! lol
We would feed and cuddle, then when I needed to move, I had the space to do it.

This time around, DH is on a one/one roster, but hasn't gone back to work yet, but DD2 doesn't wake as frequently overnight and settles much quicker after a night feed than DD1 did, so is only coming to our bed (from her bassinet next to our bed) at around 4.30-5am. So I only have to pretzel for 2-3 hours before her mid-morning nap... lol


You can get those sleeper things though for the bed, so they can sleep in the middle of the bed safely - also means you can be free to sleep how you like too... Doesn't help with the dream or night feeds though, so I never bothered buying one - seemed more hassle than they were worth.