I've had two people in my life recently who have talked with me about the troubles of night nursing. It's now been over a year since I stopped nursing Henri and even though that isn't a very long time it was incredible how much I had forgotten about the difficulties associated with that. Do you try to nurse them in bed and risk falling asleep? Do you nurse them sitting up and get no sleep? They don't like being alone in their bassinet. It's too dangerous to have them sleep in your bed. And sleep is kind of important, especially when you have a newborn! Then my friend Ally told me she found a tutorial on how to alter an IKEA Sniglar crib into a co-sleeper via Always Amanda. See above photo!
Before that, I told them about this cosleeper I had found while nursing mine but both of them said bed space would be an issue. Side note: If you're planning on having kids I highly recommend splurging for the KING sized bed;-) There are other cosleepers that attach to the side of your bed but few of them are bed level so the baby still feels separate from the mother.
The benefit of this is that when finished it's level with your bed but still separate from your baby. The bottom of the crib is secured to the bed with nylon straps (like the kind used to hold down roof racks). Of course when you decide to DIY your own co-sleeper you are responsible for making it safe and not an outside company so just keep that in mind when deciding to make one for yourself. But honestly, if your only alternative is co-sleeping with your baby in a bed this seems a whole heck of a lot safer to me!