Don’t Be In A Hurry To Stop Using Your Pregnancy Pillow
When our thoughts turn to what it is going to be like in the New Year with our new baby, we usually see ourselves walking through the park on a blustery winters day pushing our new born babies in their prams who are gurgling away happily. The sun is always out and for some reason the image always comes with a blue cross pram and a very slim version of you in a floor length wool coat that has never seen a speck of dirt in its entire life (or is that just me!).
When we have these visions, we are certainly not still in our maternity clothes and using our pregnancy pillow. But just like you will probably resign yourself to taking some time to wean yourself out of your bigger clothes, you should also stop and think before you resign your pregnancy pillow to the loft.
Although your body is going to change immediately when you give birth – after all the big lump in the middle won’t be there – the chemical and physical structure of your body takes a bit more time. The Relaxin and other hormones in your body that enable your skeleton to soften and prepare for labour will take at least several weeks to leave your body and for your frame to be fully supported again, which means that you should try and provide your body with the same care and support as you did when you are pregnant during this time.
Obviously there are going to be dramatic changes and a little baby is going to be taking up a lot of your time. But when you have a second to sit or lie down, make sure that you are comfortable and remember to use your pregnancy pillow to help support your back and your knees to ensure your pelvis is in a comfortable and natural position to avoid the aches and pains that can arise as your body starts to return to normal.
And also remember that most pregnancy pillows can also provide support to the baby. If you buy a good quality pregnancy pillow such as the Theraline V, you have a maternity pillow and nursing pillow in one. This pillow is designed so that you can position your baby for nursing without bearing the entire weight of the baby in your arms. This enables you to sit in a more correct position when nursing and to reduce the amount of strain on your back, both essential for reducing back ache and ensuring you don’t develop a slouch in you back which can effect you in later life. And as your baby gets bigger, the pillow then becomes a crash pad for learning to sit up and roll over.
A pregnancy pillow can in fact last you a life time. My family are still using the Theraline Pillow I bought with my first pregnancy 8 years ago and, thanks to the washable covers, it is still going strong and is used during every illness, headache and duvet day by the entire family.
So when you are looking to the future and what you will need when the baby arrives, remember your pregnancy pillow, it can become a life time friend. 
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