What is a nursing pillow?

If you look into any book on child care, you should see the image of mother breastfeeding a child, and a pillow under the baby. The ordinary pillow of those that are in the house. Why?

Mother spends breastfeeding the considerable amount of time during the first months of her baby's life. If you look at this process from the physiological point of view, this is the type of the physical activity in which mother stays for a long period of time in a certain position, unusual to her (especially for a first-time mother). Naturally, in this situation some muscles get tired, arms, back and neck get strained. More experienced mothers would advice to use a pillow. Indeed, the pillow, lifting the child, removes some of the load from the strained parts of the body.

A special nursing pillow will make it much more efficiently. Because of its density and elasticity, it does not cave in under the weight of the baby, keeping it at optimum height. At the same time, it is soft enough to make your baby feel comfortable.

The pillow makes it easy to place the child so that the milk coud flow out from different parts of the breast, thereby preventing lactostasis.

When feeding in a lying position, pillow will support mother's head high enough and, moreover, serve as support for mother's back, allowing mother to avoid unnecessary strain.
                 

Thanks to its U-shape and a special inset in the belly area, the pillow tightly wraps mother's waist, without creating pressure on the belly (which is especially important in case of caesarean section).
All these qualities make nursing pillow something that mothers cannot manage without.

However, assistance with nursing is not the only pillow’s function. The pillow will provide excellent support for grown-up babies during wakefulness and games.

Besides, if the pillow was acquired before birth, it can be of great help in organizing a comfortable sleeping for pregnant. While sleeping on the side, the main position in the last months of pregnancy, it’s convenient to put a pillow under the leg, squeeze between the hips or put under the belly. This removes the burden from the back of future mothers and removes the discomfort, so usual in the sleep in this period.

And still, the functionality of the nursing pillow is not exhausted by the above. Experience has shown that non-breastfeeding and non-pregnant family members are happy to use it too. The shape, density and height of the pillow is such that a grown man, leaning on the pillow, feels complete relaxation of the back muscles.

Thus, the pillow for breastfeeding is actually a multifunction device that will make life of all family members comfortable. Yet in the first place it will help mothers to devote the time to feeding their babies with pleasure and comfort.

What are the nursing pillows like?

A great variety of nursing pillows is represented on the western market. They come in different shapes, sizes, with different fillers. The pillows could be inflatable, filled with synthetic padding, polystyrene, sponge or buckwheat husk, in the form of a horseshoe, a semiring, boomerang, and other complex forms, with attachable back pad and without it. As you can see, Western manufacturers are seriously concerned about how to make breast-feeding comfortable for all.

More about the «Ma & me» pillow.

The form of our pillows is something between a horseshoe and a ring. It is fairly wide at the front and sides, in order to place your child in various feeding positions. The pillow tightly wraps the waist and is fixed on hips. However, it does not prevent mother from sitting on the couch or chair. The fabric of the pillow and the pillow case is made of 100% cotton. It is filled with synthetic balls, a very elastic material, that provides almost no sag under the weight of the child, but at the same time is soft enough. Pillow is fairly high. For some moms it can be uncomfortable. In this case a part of the pillow filler can be taken out to acquire the needed height. Simply remove evenly a layer of the filling through the zipper on the outside of the pillow. The size of the pillow should fit most moms. But if your pillow is too small, contact us and we will make you an individual pillow of the suitable size (if the pillow is purchased, we will gladly exchange it for a bigger one).

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