6 Best Pregnancy Pillows So You Can Get Some Rest

Pharmedoc's large U-shaped pregnancy pillow offers full-body coverage and supports all the achey parts including your knees, hips, back, neck, head and, of course, your bump. It comes with a removable, machine-washable cover available in more than 10 colors and styles. The one shown is a new cooling synthetic fabric but there is also a jersey cotton that feels soft, like a T-shirt. It's an affordable, under-$70 price.

The inside is made up of a synthetic poly-fill, which is common for pregnancy pillows. Even though it takes up a lot of space on the bed, this replaces the need for surrounding yourself with multiple pillows. It's also Amazon's Choice for maternity pillows with more than 81,000 five-star reviews.

Dimensions: 53" x 31" | Fill: Polyester

This bargain is great when you're traveling, tight on bed space or if you just need some help in one area of your body. It supports the weight of your bump or back (depending on whether you position it in front or behind) without taking up too much room and allows you to use your favorite regular pillow for your head.

If you're normally a side-sleeper, this little wedge might be all you need. The foam-filled wedge is firmer than most full-body pregnancy pillows but still has a removable, machine-washable cotton cover. It's lightweight, weighing less than a pound, so it's easy to take with you from the bed to the couch — or to wherever you need to go, since it can support your back when you're sitting in a chair too.

Dimensions: ‎14" x 12" | Fill: Polyurethane foam

The Coop Home Goods' best-selling Original Pillow is our pick for the best pillow we've ever tried, and the brand's body pillow is one of our 10 best body pillows, so it's no surprise that we also recommend its C-shaped memory foam body pillow for pregnancy. The brand's signature is the adjustable fill, a blend of memory foam pieces and down-alternative fiber clusters that you can pull out or stuff in to customize the feel. Take some out to make this pillow more squishy, or purchase extra fill to make it more firm.

You can keep adjusting the firmness if your needs change as you move from your second trimester to your third. Tuck it between your legs, as pictured, to help relieve hip pain, back pain and sciatica. This is not big enough to be a full-body pillow so you'll want to use your regular pillow for your head. The cover can be washed in cold water on the gentle cycle.

Dimensions: ‎60" x 9" | Fill: Memory foam and microfiber

There's an arm that zips on and off so you can change the configuration of this pregnancy pillow so that it forms a U, J or C shape as needed to support your hips and back. Testers loved the softness of the organic cotton cover and said this was less bulky than other pregnancy pillows they tried. One did say that unzipping the whole thing in order to wash the cover was a little time-consuming.

"This allowed me to support my stomach, hips and back all at the same time. I was able to sleep with one arm under the side of the pillow I was facing, with one leg over, and have the back of the pillow tucked up to my back so I wouldn’t roll over. I went from waking an average of four times a night to sleeping through," a tester reported. Another said she still wanted to use her regular pillow so she just inverted the U so the opening was at her head.

Dimensions: ‎55" x 31" | Fill: Memory foam

Like our best overall pick, the Leachco is a long, U-shaped pregnancy pillow to support you front and back as recommended by the Mayo Clinic to relieve pregnancy back pain. If you're prone to tossing and turning and flip over on this, you won't have to rearrange anything, your support will remain the same. Back sleepers may like this one when they're not pregnant because it can provide an extra cushiony nest. The Supreme has an all-cotton cover that's machine washable and it's the priciest pick on our list.

Leachco, a USA-made brand, also has a popular C-shaped pillow, called the Snoogle, that's been out for years. In some circles, the Snoogle is practically shorthand for "pregnancy pillow." It's a good one if you just need a pillow for front or back, but not both.

Dimensions: 55" x 33" | Fill: Polyester

Hot sleeper alert: A tester who passed through pregnancy and has her baby is still using this. "I have a $200 cooling pillow from a mattress brand and found that this pillow is much cooler. That's the main reason my son is 11 weeks old and I'm still sleeping with it," she told us.

It's filled with foam beads which helps you mold the pillow to the shape you want. You can twist it to make it L-shaped, as pictured, or leave it as a long I-shaped roll. Some Amazon reviewers said they don't feel the fabric is durable enough for nightly use over a long period of time, and a few have reported that their pillow leaked beads, which can be dangerous if ingested.

Dimensions: ‎54" x 9" | Fill: Polystyrene foam beads