XP June 17: Pregnancy Pillow Recs

[marshian]

Any recommendations for pregnancy pillows? Preferably something not too giant, but just tell me what's working (or worked in the past) for you.

[nic1231]

I bought a regular body pillow, seems to help fairly well although my other half hates it in bed, takes up some of his space lol

[thelittleredm]

Dec 12, 2016 16:52:10 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

I have a Snoogle. I loved it at first but now that I'm almost in third tri and am much bigger I wish I had one of the double sided more U shaped pillows. I just feel like if I'm facing into the Snoogle my back isn't really supported but if I'm kind of little spooning it my belly starts to ache. Either way I've started using an extra pillow to fill in the gap which works fine but it's annoying trying to position when you're getting up to pee multiple times a night

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000635WI/?tag=weespring-6-20

This.

[icedtea]

I have a snoogle. I feel meh about it and am kind of disappointed. Maybe I'll like it more when I'm a bit bigger?

[moutonrouge]

I have a snoogle and I really love it. I agree the you've either got good back support or good belly support. I'm okay with that because back support is what I need most. It has helped tremendously with my lower back pain. Before I was sleeping with a pillow between my knees but that wasn't cutting it in second tri.

[onesweetworld]

I bought this one. I love it. I mostly keep one side off the bed so I can get up, right now that side is on my belly to protect baby from the dog. I snuggle into both sides throughout the night so I'm thankful that I don't have to worry about not having the protection if I roll.

[emilie]

I have a Snoogle that H bought me at the beginning of my pregnancy, but now that I'm at the end (38 weeks) if I could go back I would have bought one of the double-sided ones that onesweetworld posted. I've spent most nights of 3rd tri using the snoogle and then using a second regular pillow on the open side to support either my back or my belly - whichever side the snoogle is not on.

[hpnegirl]

I loved my snoogle with DS but it flattened out a lot by the end. This time around, I got one that was on Groupon and had good reviews in the snoogle shape and hate it. I'm eventually going to cave and buy a new snoogle

[icedtea]

I just move so much during the night that having anything, even a pillow between my legs, is inconvenient. Gr.

[marshian]

Dec 13, 2016 8:11:19 GMT -5 icedtea said:

I just move so much during the night that having anything, even a pillow between my legs, is inconvenient. Gr.

I tried the pillow between the legs last night and same problem. When I woke up at 2am to pee, it was at the bottom of the bed. Woke up to get up and same thing.

[onesweetworld]

Buy the back & belly - worth it. I sleep with my tempurpedic pillow under my head on top of the pillow because I don't like the crease of the pillow.

[callmeKD]

Had the snuggle for 1st pregnancy and it was great. Used it for the 1st 20 weeks of this pregnancy (twins) but had to upgrade to the U shaped one posted above.

[onesweetworld]

Dec 16, 2016 22:55:09 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

Dec 14, 2016 12:22:16 GMT -5 callmeKD said:

Had the snuggle for 1st pregnancy and it was great. Used it for the 1st 20 weeks of this pregnancy (twins) but had to upgrade to the U shaped one posted above.

I have a regular body pillow but am thinking I need a snoogle soon. Although I can see it making it much more difficult to roll out of bed for my midnight pees.

The U shaped pillow isn't bad because I can just push off the side on the edge of the bed and pull it back when I get back into bed.

[onesweetworld]

Dec 17, 2016 12:05:40 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

Dec 17, 2016 8:36:19 GMT -5 onesweetworld said:

The U shaped pillow isn't bad because I can just push off the side on the edge of the bed and pull it back when I get back into bed.

You sound coordinated.

I didn't say it was pretty lol.

[notagoddess]

Will the U-shaped pillow fit in a queen-size bed and still leave room for my husband? The reviews say it's really, really big.

[onesweetworld]

Dec 17, 2016 15:23:15 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

Will the U-shaped pillow fit in a queen-size bed and still leave room for my husband? The reviews say it's really, really big.

It's big but H and I do fine in our king. I had it in the queen today and it was fine with the dog lol.

[callmeKD]

Dec 17, 2016 8:36:19 GMT -5 onesweetworld said:

Dec 16, 2016 22:55:09 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

I have a regular body pillow but am thinking I need a snoogle soon. Although I can see it making it much more difficult to roll out of bed for my midnight pees.

The U shaped pillow isn't bad because I can just push off the side on the edge of the bed and pull it back when I get back into bed.

I lift it over my head. I've lost all coordination at this point - no matter what kind of pillow I'm using.

[onesweetworld]

Dec 17, 2016 22:01:04 GMT -5 callmeKD said:

Dec 17, 2016 8:36:19 GMT -5 onesweetworld said:

The U shaped pillow isn't bad because I can just push off the side on the edge of the bed and pull it back when I get back into bed.

I lift it over my head. I've lost all coordination at this point - no matter what kind of pillow I'm using.

I'm so confused by this. My pillow doesn't move.

[moutonrouge]

I had to practice rolling over with the Snoogle - I don't have to wake up to do it now. It's mostly the leg part that gets tricky. Now it's hard to roll over anyway so I think I also move less in my sleep than pre-pregnancy.

[callmeKD]

Dec 17, 2016 22:20:26 GMT -5 onesweetworld said:

Dec 17, 2016 22:01:04 GMT -5 callmeKD said:

I lift it over my head. I've lost all coordination at this point - no matter what kind of pillow I'm using.

I'm so confused by this. My pillow doesn't move.

I lift up the left side and go under it so I can slide out of bed.

[onesweetworld]

Dec 18, 2016 17:52:34 GMT -5 callmeKD said:

Dec 17, 2016 22:20:26 GMT -5 onesweetworld said:

I'm so confused by this. My pillow doesn't move.

I lift up the left side and go under it so I can slide out of bed.

This makes so much more sense lol.