Guides
Every guide here answers a question people actually ask — taken from what comes up in search and in our own inbox, not from what makes volume. Each one settles a concrete decision.
The pregnancy pillow
16 August 2026
Best pregnancy pillow: the five criteria that decide
The five things that actually decide — and the ones that only fill a spec sheet.
16 August 2026
How to sleep with a pregnancy pillow
The position, the trick for turning over without leaving the pillow, and the first-night mistakes.
16 August 2026
Firm or soft: which one holds through the night
A pillow that is too soft flattens within a week and stops holding anything. How to judge before buying.
16 August 2026
Microbeads, kapok or fibre: which filling to choose
What each filling changes for support, for washing — and for the noise when you turn over.
16 August 2026
How much bed space does a pregnancy pillow take?
The question every couple asks and almost nobody answers. With the measurements.
24 August 2026
When to start using a pregnancy pillow
There is no week that decides it. What decides it is the night you stop finding a position.
24 August 2026
U-shaped or C-shaped pregnancy pillow?
A U holds your back and knees at the same time; a C does one at a time. What that changes at 3am.
24 August 2026
What a pregnancy pillow is worth
Worth what, exactly — the money, the bed space, or the months you will actually use it.
24 August 2026
How to wash a pregnancy pillow
The cover goes in the machine on cold. The filled pillow does not, and there is a mechanical reason.
24 August 2026
Pregnancy pillow and back pain: what it does
What the shape does to your hips — and the three settings that fix a pillow leaving you stiff.
24 August 2026
Wedge pillows in pregnancy: what they do
What a foam ramp changes, what it cannot do — and where a compact side pillow works differently.
24 August 2026
Do you need a nursing pillow?
What tires you during a long feed is your forearm, not the weight. When the pillow you own already does it.
The support belt
24 August 2026
When to start wearing a belly band
Not a week on the calendar — the day standing still starts costing you something.
24 August 2026
What a pregnancy support belt actually does
What a belt does mechanically to the weight of the bump, and the hours where it does nothing at all.
24 August 2026
How to wear a belly band properly
Low, under the bump, tightened standing up. Most of the disappointment comes from those three points.
24 August 2026
Maternity belt or belly band: the difference
One carries weight, the other covers a gap in your clothes. They are not two versions of one thing.
24 August 2026
How to choose a belly band for pregnancy
Four criteria that decide whether a belt does its job — starting with whether it comes in sizes.
25 August 2026
Postpartum belly wraps: what they do
A wrap compresses while you wear it. What it does not do afterwards, and who should answer the timing questions.
24 August 2026
Pelvic support belts in pregnancy
A pelvic belt and a bump belt are two different objects worn in two different places.