"Nina" wrote in message
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Sounds like a drag. Good luck. Its funny, I NEVER intended to sleep with
my
kids. But I would wake up in the morning and the baby would be in the bed
and neither my husband nor I would remember how he got there. After a few
nights we figured it would be safer to just start off with him in bed,
than
to risk wandering around semi-concious in the dark with a baby.
I have a bassinet next to my bed, Im afraid I will do the same- take the
baby in and out while not fully awake and that Iw ill hurt her.

This is such a fear of mine. People will think I was on drugs or something.
MIL and my own mom seem to think moms are superhuman or something, like we
are able to be totally alert whenever our babies need us. Well, I've fallen
asleep with DS in my arms and he slipped down my belly once when I was on
the recliner. DH saw it and it was not a safe situation. Another time, I
awoke to find that DS was suffocating on my breast (we were lying side by
side, he was in the crook of my arm). I didn't mean to fall asleep in such
positions, but it happened often at the time because I was so exhausted from
feeding every hour/half hour around the clock. It was to the point that I
was trying all sorts of positions to find one where DS would be safe if I
accidentally fell asleep. There really wasn't a good position for us that I
could find. I mean, the side lying one on the carpet was one of the "safe"
ones that nearly suffocated DS.