Tip: Bring your own pillow from home to the Labor and Delivery Unit.
This is advice that I feel quite strongly about: Bring your own pillow to the Birthing Inn or Birth Center when you deliver your baby.
Put it on that packing list. You will thank me later.
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Why? Because hospital pillows suck (unless you like sleeping on foamy cardboard). There are going to be a dozen of other factors that will potentially interfere with your sleep during your hospital stay (annoying in-laws that don't get the "hint" and won't leave the room, breast-feeding challenges, etc.). Don't let a crappy pillow be one of them.
To a highly hormonal pregnant woman, there is also something incredibly comforting in a familiar pillow...nostalgia. What is better than the very pillow that you sleep with every night - the
pillow crafted with just the right puffiness and softness/firmness balance to your liking?
Tip: If you have a water-proof pillow cover, this could be beneficial if you are worried about
ruining your pillow with the ooey-gooeyness of childbirth (blood, placenta juice, etc.).
Another point: Foam hospital pillows have a limited usefulness as breastfeeding support pillows. They don't mold/conform to your shape and the baby's shape as well as the pillows with a more plush material.
Side Note: Great books with great advice and perspectives, and a humorous tone, are that Jenny McCarthy book ("Belly Laughs") or the “Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy” by Vicki Iovine (both are super awesome/funny prego books).
Another Tip: I kept a "pack last minute list" on my mirror in my bathroom - it had items that I needed everyday but knew I wanted to bring with me to the hospital. Bringing my pillow was the greatest packing decision I made.
For a list of what to bring to the hospital when you go into labor, see Birthing Inn Hospital Packing List.
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So true! There is nothing like having your own pillow with you when you have to stay in a hospital overnight.
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