Best Cooling Pregnancy Pillows

Pregnancy raises your resting body temperature, which is why a full body pillow that traps heat can end up costing you more sleep than it gains, and why the cover fabric matters as much as the filling. Start with shape, since it decides how much of the bed the pillow claims. A U-shape supports your back and bump at once and needs no repositioning when you turn, but it is wide and unkind to a shared mattress. A C-shape or the newer F-shape gives most of the same support in a much smaller footprint, at the cost of moving it yourself when you switch sides. Side sleeping is the position generally recommended in later pregnancy, so look for enough loft between your knees to keep hips level rather than a pillow that simply fills space. Insist on a removable, machine-washable cooling cover: it will be washed often, and a cover you cannot take off becomes unusable within weeks. Check the filling too, because shredded memory foam can be redistributed to suit your bump while a solid block cannot, and a fully sewn-in filling tends to compress and stay compressed.

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