Pillow, pillows, PILLOWS!

The secret is two different kinds of pillows.

I use a Tempur pillow underneath with a goose down pillow on top.

The Tempur pillow provides the structure to your pillow mound and the Goose Down pillow the softness and comfort.

It gets more technical though, the Tempur pillow has to be at a 45 degree angle tucked under your neck to give it support and then the Down pillow is used to fill in all the gaps.

Its taken me decades to work this all out and I would fight to the death if someone tried to steal my pillows. I even take them on holiday with me (UK) a travel Tempur, with a Down pillow sucked up small in a vacuum bag.

🤣😂🤣😂

Another Princess and the Pea here! Tried sooo many pillows!

This is the best I've found as a side sleeper.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MULISOFT-comfortable-supportive-ergonomic-sleeper/dp/B0D83CDPYC/ref=mp_s_a_1_19?crid=26T007K79B1Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZZFS9lm8j8ZBRs6uMb-dfR64J8PdV7TQyblZliND7LnJL-Tubocv15X4HTBRbFIeZqFC6YWVdH8Z_SGdcWOUXs1GDhoA7ocQkjKFkMFDttQTO1vuufRFHa85BKnrmh5Bzasx09DODDAwUuaHQiB20y_JaZT3_zUril0qpgXbruSI-oRZ5ee274K42fJg3ZU1_qRaJOg1erQcEr84vBNGgQ.w-bpd8R0Iacw8eKDKm_hVvc6iggIrrPo8InnMnOniZ8&dib_tag=se&keywords=pillow&qid=1772745934&sprefix=pillow%2Caps%2C265&sr=8-19#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor

I used to swear by a dunlopillo but they changed them! I'm now using a Sainsbury's one which is similar but it needs replacing and I'm terrified I spend as much as I did last time trying to hunt down an early 2000s dunlopillo🤣

I can add another post-menopausal pillow-related trauma: I can now only sleep on one side (thanks, hip) and my ear has been getting rubbed red and painful.

However I don't just bring you a problem, I bring you a solution!

There is quite genuinely a company called Pillow With a Hole. Which sells... well, pillows with a hole.

Not cheap but mine's been a gamechanger.

https://thepillowwithahole.co.uk/shop/

The tempur pillows were a game changer for me. It took about a week to get used to it, during which time I thought I’d made a very costly mistake, but after that there has been no going back.

I even take it on holiday (in UK) as I miss it and don’t sleep as well with anything else. They now do a cool version which is great in the summer to keep you cool (husband loves it but I don’t like it in the winter as much)

We have these in the extra largest size, thr6 came free with our new f
Bed and oh my gosh they are phenomenal.

I have simba hybrid pillows (free with mattress 8 years ago). They are brilliant and washable.

The Woolroom Deluxe pillow. A total game changer. It's currently 30% off.
Deluxe Washable Wool Pillow | British Wool | Woolroom share.google/jj8m76SElAaLTPXw6

Well at long last I have found a post where I can feel smug. I may have little money, a tiny house, a crap job BUT I can rest my head anywhere, on any pillow or even no pillow and sleep. And I am post menopausal!

I have tried so many pillows, premier inn, latex ones, buckwheat, cheap, expensive, literally spent hundreds.
I have found my perfect one.
From JYSK Memory foam contour pillow Wellpir Husnes. It is bamboo with 3 layers. I took 2 out and its just perfect.

I have found my people. All my family make fun of me for having six pillows. Sometimes I use each one of them during the night, trying to get comfortable. Most nights I just use two - I start with a lovely soft yet supportive bamboo one I found in tk maxx, then switch to a firmer IKEA memory foam one. I can get terrible headaches if my pillow isn't right so I've spent years trying to find the perfect one. I'm finally happy with these

I haven’t had a baby for over two years but I still cannot sleep comfortably without my giant U shaped maternity pillow. Side sleeper, one arm underneath the curved top, one leg of the U behind my back, the other leg of the U between my legs - perfect!

Following as I can’t find the right pillow for me, going to research some of these.

Feather pillows only for me.
The synthetic ones don't mould themselves to my head and make me crick my neck.

We have a pair of these and agree they're fab. Our second pair (which we actually bought first) are also goose down from TK Maxx. They were £100 each (RRP £400). Finally we're happy with our pillows after trying soooo many over the years!

Years of struggle and pain led me to the Mediflow pillow. It has a water filled inset to create the perfect support for you. Transformational.
My chiropractor approved. Got mine from Amazon

I can't stand a memory foam pillow - too hard and make me sweat! We have used for years Healthbed Cooltex Latex Pillows - they come in low and high profile and we prefer low for sleeping. Doesn't matter which position I sleep in my neck and shoulders are fine in the morning. I spend most of the night on my side but do spend the last hour on my back (according to my husband- I wouldn't know as I'm asleep 😂). They are expensive but last a good number of years. I found them when hunting for something to replace our Dunlopillows which used to be great but the modern ones are so hard it's like sleeping on a rock.

I got a decent pillow case, filled it with wool stuffing which is curly and super springy. Then put it in a padded cotton pillow protector. Fantastic filling, maintains its squishyness and is still supportive, and of course you can decide how much you want to put in. This is what I put in, no idea about this seller though it's just an example so you can see. The pillow protectors are 100% cotton.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225549288995?itmmeta=01KJZTTB5449WV4N2R07QW7CPX&hash=item3483c90623:g:yYUAAOSwLN5kRxqh

Reading this all intently.

Fell down a pillow rabbit hole last year and almost bought this, which a few were recommendeding as an alternative to cervical pillows:

https://browfarmonlinestore.co.uk/products/organic-buckwheat-pillow-standard-size

Wondering now if I should just go for it. My current pillow is ok-ish.

How's you get the discount.
Our Goose down pillows are getting a bit of 15yo.

Tempur pillows. We recently bought Tempur mattresses (after a very expensive Simba mistake), and the pillows came with them.
They are very heavy and feel like bricks, but they get softer as you lie on them somehow. I would never have bought one, but they are absolutely amazing.

If your budget stretches to a latex one, they're fab both yielding and supportive simultaneously and crucially unlike memory foam it isn't roasting hot. They're definitely the gold standard for menopausal necks.

https://www.latexsense.co.uk/pillows/c72

I'm trialling an IKEA one at the moment too and finding it really good because it's high enough for me when I go to sleep on my side but doesn't strain my neck when I roll on my back, I think it's because it's quite shaped, iykwim. It has a double seam on the sides rather than a single one which helps it retain it's shape.

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/groenamarant-pillow-high-90460417/

Pillows are so personal, it can be a real headache to find the right one

I’m a feather pillow person, one pilliow only that I can squish up. I used to have dreadful issues with my back until
I ditched one of my pillows and went fully fluffy.

I can never sleep in hotels because the pillows are always so bloody thick! Dh has a memory foam one that is like sleeping on a brick.

Dunlopillo latex pillow