lovebebes
02-12-2012, 03:22 AM
Please help this tired mama find a pillow. About 8 months ago I got rid of all of our down bedding. Long story short I became very sick very suddenly. I couldn't breathe through my nose almost at all...it was a nightmare that I want to forget...I went to many doctors and no one really ever figured it out. (strangely enough one thing I can't stop thinking about is that a couple of days prior I got a whooping cough vaccine. Dd was newborn and my brain wasnt working.But I digress..)
In the quest of trying to eliminate what was casing the sudden sinus nightmare I got rid of all down, and we bought a latex mattress and pillows, and a silk filled comforter. I LOVED my down pillow so much. It was the higher end Ikea one, and was super squishable and smushable. Latex can't be smushed that way of course...I sort of knew it all along that I wasn't comfortable at night but with a new baby that just wasn't at the top of the list. Well now I realize I can't take it anymore. I wake up with discomfort and sometimes pain in my neck and I think that in turn causes headaches too which I'm prone to. Add to that the fact that I cosleep and nurse dd in bed obviously..I often have to lie on my side until I can roll away from her and I swear it's becoming unbearable because I cannot get over not being able to smush my pillow to shape it the way I feel like at the moment.
What can I try? What do you use? I wouldn't mind down alternative if it was very very close to how down feels-is there suh a thing? What about memory foam? For some reason it always creeped me out but I'm desperate. Thanks in advance.
In the quest of trying to eliminate what was casing the sudden sinus nightmare I got rid of all down, and we bought a latex mattress and pillows, and a silk filled comforter. I LOVED my down pillow so much. It was the higher end Ikea one, and was super squishable and smushable. Latex can't be smushed that way of course...I sort of knew it all along that I wasn't comfortable at night but with a new baby that just wasn't at the top of the list. Well now I realize I can't take it anymore. I wake up with discomfort and sometimes pain in my neck and I think that in turn causes headaches too which I'm prone to. Add to that the fact that I cosleep and nurse dd in bed obviously..I often have to lie on my side until I can roll away from her and I swear it's becoming unbearable because I cannot get over not being able to smush my pillow to shape it the way I feel like at the moment.
What can I try? What do you use? I wouldn't mind down alternative if it was very very close to how down feels-is there suh a thing? What about memory foam? For some reason it always creeped me out but I'm desperate. Thanks in advance.