Maternity pillows?

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mommy_n_wife
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Maternity pillows?
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 Sun, 01-15-2012 - 9:19am
Which one should I get? Are they truly helpful?
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aislinn_mommy22
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Registered: 07-13-2008
In reply to: mommy_n_wife
Re: Maternity pillows?
 Sun, 01-15-2012 - 5:38pm

I have never owned one, but I hear good things about the boppy maternity pillow.


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keeyamah
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Registered: 09-08-2007
In reply to: mommy_n_wife
Re: Maternity pillows?
 Sun, 01-15-2012 - 7:36pm
I'd never realized the Boppy was considered a maternity pillow. I'd only heard of it used as a nursing aid (and not a recommended one in the breastfeeding class I took with DS). I never needed any pillows while I was pregnant with DS, I did use my regular body pillows to get the right angle for lying down nursing after he was born though.
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aislinn_mommy22
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In reply to: mommy_n_wife
Re: Maternity pillows?
 Sun, 01-15-2012 - 9:20pm

Boppy actually makes a few different maternity pillows, as well as their regular nursing pillow (which I couldn't live without FYI!)


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rosie_1979
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Registered: 12-23-2007
In reply to: mommy_n_wife
Re: Maternity pillows?
 Sun, 01-15-2012 - 9:45pm
I had a really nice body pillow (sleep number brand) that I used quite a bit before I got pg with #1, and I can't recommend some sort of body pillow enough (mine is about 4 feet long, supportive, but squishy all at the same time)! By the end, I had the body pillow, my head pillow, and like two other support pillows. I actually took my body pillow to the hospital and used it A LOT during labor for various positions. I also used it a lot after, because you can bend it and mush it however you need to for support and comfort.

That's my recommendation!
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foxymom_77
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Registered: 12-31-2011
In reply to: mommy_n_wife
Re: Maternity pillows?
 Sun, 01-15-2012 - 10:56pm
I had one given to me with baby #2 and while it did help....with baby #3 a long body pillow worked just fine!

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keeyamah
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Registered: 09-08-2007
In reply to: mommy_n_wife
Re: Maternity pillows?
 Mon, 01-16-2012 - 11:14am
I prefer the My Breast Friend brand of nursing pillows, gonna get me one this time around. Should have gotten on last time, I might have had more success nursing. But I'll look at that link a little later, my coffee just beeped :)
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