I have full respect to ladies who do do it.
I just didn't feel confident enough in myself to do it safely even though we don't carry any of the risk factors, and even though I was exhausted in those early months, and obviously, the only one doing all the feeds.
I was also put off by too many stories of not being able to get a baby into a moses basket or its own crib, of having to be breastfed to sleep every time it woke / needed to go down, of waking up loads during the night, since the boob was right there, etc, etc.
For me, even though co-sleeping makes it easier in the early months, I just saw too many bad habits becoming ingrained, which would inevitably have to be dealt with later - and which would probably end up being way more hassle than a bit of sleep deprivation in the early days. Short-term pain, long-term gain, sort of thing.
Yes, it did sometimes take a while to settle DS who slept in a moses basket literally right next to me in bed, but settle him I did, and it all quickly paid off.
We soon got to a point that he'd wake twice a night for a feed, be put back down in his basket (and eventually his cot in his own room), and go straight off to sleep without a murmur. That then dropped to one feed a night, and then by 7 months he was sleeping through.
Of course, I've only got experience of the one child, and things might be wildly different with DC2, but again, I am just too wary of the long-term habits that might (not necessary 'will') have to be painfully broken further down the line.
But, as I say, fair play to anyone who does it, you have more guts than me!
I do definitely agree that more advice and literature needs to be out there for those who want to do it.