Know about the different types of pregnancy body pillows

Pregnancy pillows offer excellent support for your body to give you a more comfortable sleep during your pregnancy. With a compact and extremely good design the pillow can provide excellent support for back, legs and belly. You can find different types and brands of pregnancy pillows available in the market. This article speaks about the most comfortable and useful types of pregnancy pillows

Total body pillow

The total body pregnancy pillow has undulating curves to follow the line of a side-sleeping pregnant woman, thus helping to cradle your growing belly, tired head, and tense back. This pillow supports your back to soothe sciatica and lower back pain. This pillow helps in keeping knees apart. It also tucks between your knees to help get relieved from back pain and temperature control. It also helps to cradle your tummy, and prop up your head to aid in breathing and to ease heartburn and other pregnancy difficulties. After using this pillow for your entire pregnancy period, you use this as a supportive nursing pillow or a backrest during other times.

Contoured body pillow

The contoured body pillow serves as the best option for sleepless pregnant women. This pillow looks like a droopy Yosemite Sam moustache, and is designed to support the back and belly as it raises your head. Hence, this pillow is good to prevent nasal congestion and heartburn. This type of pregnancy pillow will catch and cradle you on each side even if your pregnancy is making you to toss and turn.

Maternity and nursing pillow

Maternity and nursing pillow will help you sleep more soundly during pregnancy. It has a smart design with a fuller end that aligns your tummy, hips, knees, and lower back when you are lying down. After your pregnancy, you can use this pillow to support your baby while you are nursing or bottle feeding.

The above discussed types are the most comfortable and useful pregnancy pillows that you can find in the market. You can even find other types such as prenatal sleep wedge, and rectangular pillow without all of the crazy curves or complicated shapes of other pregnancy pillows. If you do not want a giant pregnancy pillow, the smaller, lightweight option is the prenatal sleep wedge. The prenatal sleep wedge is easy to place wherever you need it. This pregnancy body pillow offers an ergonomic support when used under the belly, and offers a better hip, leg, and back alignment when used between the knees.