Are pregnancy pillows worth it?

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Most mornings I wake up with a really sore back. I'm trying to sleep on my side and, prior to getting pregnant, would have said I'm a side sleeper but I always seem to roll onto my back in the night.
Would a pregnancy pillow help with the back ache? Would it stop me rolling onto my side? They seem pretty pricey so I want to know they're worth it before I fork out money!

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Yes, I got a few very shaped pillows off amazon, they cost less than 10.00 and I still use them now

And tk max for the longer style pregnancy pillows at 20.00

I didn't bother with one. But I have a fuck tonne of pillows anyway so just rearranged them around me. One under the bump, one between thighs, one between knees and one tucked in my back.

YES

Argos had a bolster type log pillow for less than £10. I could move it into the best position for me at the time, it was great. Once baby arrived I used it behind my back when feeding it bed. You don't need to spend a fortune.

I think they are worth it, I used mine through two pregnancies and also to support my back when co-sleeping.

Yes! I'm due any day now and the last few weeks have been really tough physically and I've found it hard to sleep but the pregnancy pillow has been a god send it's so comfy ☺ mine was off amazon and was only around £20

Oh god yes£ I didn't have one with my first but have one for this pregnancy and I love it! Does help me sleep alot better x

Absolutely worth it! With my first I didn't buy one, thought they were a con and suffered with all the pillows and cushions I had in the house, no amount of them helped. I had awful spd and wasn't comfortable once that pregnancy.

With Dc2 I got spd again and DH brought one home for me when I was 12 weeks and it was bliss! It was so nice to get into bed and the pain go away and get comfy.

It took me through another 3 pregnancies following that one, so 4 in total and I have now gifted it to a friend who is expecting her first so it's still going

yes
I want one now
I'm not even pregnant (and won't be again; youngest DC is 10!)

My friend bought me one of Amazon for £25- it's a massive U shape so if you tend to swap sides in the middle of the night it's great as you don't have to drag a big pillow to the other side of the bed!

That, along with a pregnancy massage I had at 26 weeks are the two things that have made relaxing way easier- I even had a completely uninterrupted nights sleep for the first time in 3 months last week which I 100% attribute to the pillow 😂

Yes definitely worth it I got mine when I was around 14 weeks and started having trouble sleeping. I'm now 29 weeks and can't sleep without it, much more comfortable and supportive on my back and hips.

I'm 14 weeks now, I noticed the night before last that I just wasn't comfortable.

What pillows do people recommend?

I can recommend the Sanggol one, got it off Amazon and it's the massive U shape like dinosaur was describing

It's heavenly!

Yes!! Cuddling mine right now. Wouldn't have gotten through my pregnancy with DS without one. Bought a new one the other day for this pregnancy in the Aldi baby event for £6.99

Couldn't live without mine! It's one of the big U shaped ones

Have had a massive U shaped one since early on but recently got rid of it because I wake every couple of hours with really achy hips and have to roll over onto my other side. Each time I did this, I'd have to extract myself from one side of the 'U' and then tuck the other side of the pillow between my knees. It inevitably resulted in a huge fight five times a night.

I might replace it with just a long one that doesn't bend as that would probably be more portable.

I bought a body pillow (one of the big long pillows) thought I'd pick a cheap one up and had one in the Argos sale (it's £15 now so still cheaper than most) ahh it was the best thing I've ever bought, and especially as bump grew bigger. It was a godsend. I still use it now and my DS is 15 months! X

Yeah, pregnancy pillows is the best decision in this case :) I wasn't sure about them too when I was pregnant, however I started to have problems with my sleep so decided to try... I got such Today's mom model and it's really comfortable, my sleep was finally ok till the end of my pregnancy
I used it later too after the birth of my son and it's true that in casual life they're very comfortable too
As I remember such stuff isn't very expensive, usually pregnancy pillows cost some like 60-70$, I think that it's not such a big price for them :) Here's on Cozzy many different models of them for example, hope it'll be helpful for you :)

I got a big U shaped one and frankly, it's a game changer! This, along with none underwired bras, are staying even after baby comes

The theraline is the ultimate one.love mine!

I bough one at the weekend as I wasn't sleeping great and tbh I'm not overly impressed. Bought one from mothercare for around £40 so you'd expect it to be a miracle for that price lol I'd say buy a cheap one and see how you go with it xx

Oh god I think I may cry. I used mine (that I named lovingly) through 2 hellish pregnancies. I loved him. Sniff. It was a huge u shaped one the length of me. DH made me give him up after our last child. He was getting a bit jealous of the other man in our bed. He took him to the tip

Happy memories.

YES totally worth every penny! I've got a huge 12ft u shaped one and it's a god send.
Mine was off eBay brand new cost just under £20 and was next day delivery. DH doesn't like it though, he can't get near me!