Now With More Baby

So I had heard that women do crazy shit when they are pregnant, but I had never anticipated that one of these things would be building a pillow nest. Things were going pretty well until I hit about 4 months, then all of a sudden, I couldn't sleep. Everyone (prenatal yoga, birthing class, the mid-wife) tells you not to lay on your back anymore because it places pressure on some blood vessel that's important.

So I have to sleep on my side, which would be awesome if I didn't keep waking up from the pain in my hips. So, I started wedging a pillow in between my legs, which sort of worked. And then I noticed that if I propped my head up with an extra pillow, I'd stop cramping my shoulder so bad. And then my yoga teacher recommend putting something under the ribcage, which was great. And then I wound up making a bolster for my leg, and be damned if moving a pillow or two behind my back didn't improve support!

All of this would've been great except there wasn't anymore room in the bed for the loml (I think he was upset by this).

So I tried rearranging all the pillows (1 body pillow, 1 bolster, 1 wedge, 1 knee support thingy, plus 2-3 normal pillows) but my Tetris skills failed me. And I stopped sleeping. So I hauled off to Babies 'r' Us and spent $50 on a snoogle. Note* this appears cheaper on Amazon, but I don't have time for shipping.

Some people think $50 is expensive for a skinny body pillow shaped like 'G'. Some people also haven't experienced sleep depravation for an extended period of time while being denied the sweet sweet support of caffeinated products or pain killers.

Some people love this thing, some people hate it but it let's me sleep through most of the night, and that's all I care about.