Milliard U Shaped Total Body Support Pillow Memory Foam with Cool, Breathable and Washable Cover- 54 Inch

Sooooo... Because of the pictures, I thought this was going to be quite a bit different than it is. I thought it was a solid piece of memory foam... something that isn't always comfortable to sleep on. I also thought it was going to be stiff and inflexible. In actuality, it's kind of like a pair of sweat pants sewn off at the waist and ankles and stuffed with pieces of shredded memory foam. I can feel all the little bumps of memory foam, but that doesn't take away from the comfort.Here's the real truth about this pillow. I tired to sleep with it the first day I got it, but the memory foam smell was so strong, it gave me a headache. So I tossed it on the loveseat in my office and used it for my regular pillow. Then I went on a trip and came back four days later. When I went to get it, the way it was arched across the loveseat cracked me up. It looked like someone had climbed over the love seat and got stuck with their butt in the air and their legs sprawled out over the cushions. Ever since, I look at this pillow and see the bottom half of a person with the part where your head goes being the butt and the part you cuddle being the legs. It makes me feel like I'm going to sleep with my head on someone's butt every night, which I find funny, but so far it's very comfortable. The smell had also greatly diminished after the four days I was gone. The "legs" are floppy and I can crisscross them and arrange them in a bunch of different ways to have back support when sitting up in bed. Thanks to this pillow, I was able to ditch my four usual pillows and now have more room on my bed. I do feel like I'm sleeping better and every day I sleep with it, I feel like my pronation is getting just a little bit better. I'm definitely keeping it. I say try it... If you don't like it, you can always send it back.Update May 13, 2023So I’ve had this pillow for about two months now and the cover is starting to pill, which I don’t find comfortable. So I took a pair of super soft pajama pants and shoved the pillow into it…problem solved. Now I have a better look with the pillow, the fabric is super soft and it’s easier to remove and wash than the original case. So start looking for nice PJ pants ro shove this into if you buy it, preferably with an elastic waist that will help it stay on at the top of the pillow.

Overall a good body pillow. Used for a family member with back and sleep apnea issues to keep them on their side. Has helped with sleep. Overall comfortable, but there is some bunching of material (which can be fixed by fluffing it). Cover is very difficult to put back on, but is it nice to be able to take off to wash.

Negatives first: My pelvis feels like it's breaking if I lay on my side, even with a side between my knees. It doesn't offer the right kind of support for under my heavy little basketball belly, so I have to cram a little wedge of blanket under that to relief back strain. Is the other side suppose to offer back support??? I have tried to get it positioned to do so, but I get too out of breath and end up messing up part of my elaborate nest set up. Then... after I get it all settled and start getting sleepy, it's time to get up and go pee. I can't roll my whale belly over a speed bump to get off the bed. So grunting and hiccups and a struggle begin, waking my husband up every single time. I do sometimes just flip the side up towards my head of bed to get out, but then I have to redo my under belly blanket support that was so carefully positioned. More of the negative; the pillow is very pliable to put in whatever position, but I am constantly hearing the thread in the seams popping. Probably because if I'm trying to move it but also struggling to move myself chances are part of me is on the pillow somewhere so I pull against it and the seams rip a little. No holes present though!Now the good! The cover comes off easily and washes fine and easy to put back on. I and swing a side toward the middle and make a little donut hole and sleep on my stomach. Although I still have to put a king size comforter on over that set up so I can cram a little more or less support just where needed. When stomach sleeping, I sleep on top of the pillow, so my shoulder falls above the "head" of this pillow so it feels less smashed, and I have 1 or 2 pillows that my head is on above that.And... now that we are to the reflux escaping my mouth while sleeping stage of pregnancy, my 5 pillows at the head of bed are set up, then this thing. It goes with the "head" part to act as my lumbar support in front of the regular pillow wall that I recline onto. Then, the sides flip up on top of the pillow pile and it's like a little bit of a cradle effect to keep me in place. Then I throw a big fluffy comforter on it so it fills in whatever little areas need a little bit of tweaking and easy to move head support for sleeping or tv watching. When like this, I am also able to turn onto my side, though still at about a 55 degree incline. In the final weeks of my pregnancy, I am now finding that I sometimes prefer the pillow mountain with the head of this thing AND a side to act as lumbar support to keep the back straighter so I dont wake up with bruised ribs from the kid sleeping up under there. The other side/arm of the pillow curves around and is under the bottom of my butt, almost like it is keeping me from sliding down. Or maybe it's actually doing that. I dont know. While all of these little tricks help make me comfortable, they do nothing to calm the spastic child down or decrease urinary frequency, so my sleep is still terrible in general. But this maybe does help me get a good 3 hours at the beginning.. After that it's just a game of "which nest style works best right now". I did not use one of these with my first 3 kids. I wouldn't have needed one for the first. Might have liked it for the 2nd. It would have been helpful for the 3rd. And everything is apparently hopeless with the 4th. I think i'll like this thing when not pregnant better. And I have contemplated several times having 2 of these, but ultimately decided this works well for a support base style, then the fluffy pillows and blankets need to be added for your body to melt into. If I were deciding between different styles and brands, I would buy this one again.