Ashley Rhodes
What Pregnancy Pillow Should I Use?
Are you struggling to sleep? Are you finding yourself tossing and turning whilst feeling uncomfortable during the night? As if the constant toilet trips, hormones and shooting leg pains weren't enough to deal with, not being able to get comfortable as your baby grows is a common pregnancy problem. Pregnancy pillows can be a lifesaver for many but a burden for others, all depending on choosing the correct one for you and knowing how to use one.
Types of pregnancy pillow:
U Shaped Pillow:
The most popular type of pregnancy pillow is the U shaped. A V shaped pregnancy pillow is almost identical but the V shape isolates support in certain areas better.
Full body shaped pregnancy pillows are designed to support the entire upper body dependant on how you utilise and position the pillow to your body.
This covers your head, neck, back belly, knees and your ankle too.
Pregnancy Wedge Pillow:
These fantastic pregnancy support pillows are design for propping you up whilst in bed or on the sofa.
Mostly supporting the back and neck area, the wedge pillow is brilliant if you enjoy reading books in bed or browsing your phone, the pillow allows to do without an aching back or neck.
The J shaped pregnancy pillow:
Similar to the U shaped pillow but with half of the long section cut off, this pillow holds the same support areas as the U shaped.
Using this over the U shaped is better for people who do not like feeling enclosed and surrounded, allow your body to breathe better.
I shaped pillow:
The simple design, the I shape is just like and ordinary pillow but there is a big difference.
The added weight from your baby will compress a normal pillow till it is no longer supporting you.
A pregnancy pillow has added compression resistance to really give you the feeling of relief and taking the weight off your achey areas.
These pillows are also longer than a normal pillow extended to reach your feet allowing your to wrap a leg around the pregnancy pillow.
What to expect from a pregnancy pillow?
Getting the right support more so for the later stages of pregnancy can reduce the stress of pregnancy pains and really give you a good nights sleep. A cozy pregnancy pillow will prove itself to be a life saver, this makes it a brilliant pregnancy gift idea for a mum to be.
Pregnancy support pillows have also been proven to improve the quality of sleep, also reducing the amount of times a pregnant mum will wake during the night because of the added comfort.
Where can i buy a pregnancy pillow?
All our recommended pregnancy pillows can be found on Amazon UK with most be delivered the following day.
Certain stores stock a pregnancy pillow such as Asda, Tesco, Mother-care & Argos though is not always as reliable than online.
Many of these pregnancy pillows can be found on Amazon UK. We have grouped the best pregnancy pillows of 2020 together for you to browse and take the hassle out of the process of choosing the best one for you.
It is all down to you when you get a pregnancy pillow but once you do, believe me, you won’t look back.
After pregnancy, many women can use their pregnancy pillow to help and assist them during feeding time, especially when breastfeeding.
It is best to use a pillow to prop your baby up whilst nursing as this can reduce any problems whilst feeding.
