Pillows for side sleeping

Is your memory foam pillow a contoured one? I have slept so much better since I got a contoured pillow. I know they make them in different sizes and you need the one with the bigger "bump" for side sleeping - that's what I have. I love it so much.

I'm a side sleeper who suffered from neck and back aches. I currently use the MyPillow. I purchased a set of two "firm" from QVC, and I have been very pleased. The "firm" designation is not an accurate description. "Medium" is for smaller to average people, "firm" is for average to larger people. My favorite part is they can be machine washed and dried, perfect for me, as I have allergies. If you wait a bit, they are a Today's Special Value about once every quarter.

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but you're putting the "bump" part under your neck and not your head, right?  Your head should be just past the bump, so it goes "downhill" if that makes sense.

Sorry if I'm misunderstanding.

I've always been a side sleeper. The only pillows I can sleep with comfortably are down pillows. I now have 2 Hungarian goose down pillows which are the.best.ever.

Yes, they're expensive, but I'm saving a fortune in physio and doctors fees because I don't have any more neck pain.

I've tried this for a few seconds but feel throws my back off, like it feels unnatural, and I'm worried in the morning I will be sore so I've never tried it. 

I looked at mypillow  and it seems like a pain to change the padding to your liking? 

I don't have a special pillow; I have a regular neck pillow and I also sleep with a pillow between my knees.

I'm a side-sleeper and have been on the hunt for the perfect pillow as long as I can remember. I've tried them all. Memory foam, buckwheat, microbead, feather, contoured, and yes, even the My Pillow.

What eventually worked was a combo of the neck pillow:



and a plain old feather pillow.

I position the top of the neck pillow directly under my neck and let my head rest on the feather pillow. It keeps my neck straight, supports my head and isn't hot.   

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I'm similar to you and I think you might want to try two different pillows.

I use one for my head - a slight contoured (hardly contoured) firm memory foam pillow - because I like it.

I also use a small, oval type pillow - almost like a lombar pillow that I got out of my old bed in a bag set - to wedge where I need it to keep my neck supported. Sometumes i put it behind me to keep my head from rolling back and having my back all twisted and sometimes I hug it in front of me to keep my neck from collapsing down and curving my shoulders. I originally started using this pillow when I was nursing and used it to keep my breasts apart when I was sleeping and then I realized it was comfy wedging it in the right place. I found body pillows to be too big and wedge pillows to be too wide. When I'm on vacation I travel with an extra sweatshirt and wedge it where I need it and that has helped me sleep on vacation. I've just realized that my neck needs extra support to keep it where I want it or else I curl up and twist up and end up with pain in the morning.

www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/isotonic-reg-indulgence-trade-side-sleeper-pillow/123682?Keyword=side+sleeping+pillow

This pillow changed my life and my sleep habits

I've been having a lot of neck pain and bought a new bed (sleep number) and a contour pillow. Do you sleep with two pillows? If so why? And if you do, doesn't that make your head too high? Why are these so good? Thanks.

I sleep with 1 pillow but rotate between the two so they puff up again between uses. I like down pillows because they can be moulded to provide the kind of shape you want and that best suits your neck/head and have good support without being too 'puffy'. I've tried numerous other types of pillows and they're either too flat or too high and I end up with neck pain.

I am a side sleeper and here is a copy and paste of my pillow recommendation from an old thread.  It still all holds true. 


shredded memory foam/bamboo pillow

i have this one and love love love it. I got it last year for Christmas and asked for another one this year so that I could leave it at our camp and not have to lug one back and forth. It did take a little while for the smell to dissipate once it was taken out of the packaging. But once it does it is a keeper in my books.

i guess it all depends on what type of pillow you like, this is one that kind of molds around your head. Growing up I was allergic to feathers and had to have a foam one. The only ones that I like were the ones with chunked pieces. I hated the solid ones. At one point they seemed to stop selling the cut foam ones and I was so bummed. My grandmother's brother worked for a mattress factory and gave her a bunch of foam. She cut that into pieces and made me pillows. She worked on cutting up that foam for a long time. Now that is love!

Good of luck finding one you like. A pillow is a very important necessity in my world. Also Costco may have had the one I linked at one time, not sure if they still do.