Maternity Monday: Pregnancy Wedge Pillow
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As a stomach sleeper, sleeping during (and after) pregnancy was especially uncomfortable. Every night, I relied on this wedge pillow from Boppy to get a decent night’s rest.
This compact and portable pillow supports your bump, or even your back and knees. I found it comfortable enough on its own, but it can be used with other prenatal pillows if you need more support. It kept me from rolling over, putting pressure on my bump as I slept. The soft jersey slipcover is machine washable.
I still use this occasionally if my back feels sore and I need to sleep on my side.
The pillow is available at Target and Amazon for $15.99.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
Any tips and tricks for getting a one year old to sleep past 5:30 am? He used to sleep until at least 6 or 6:30. We’re going to try pushing his bedtime back from 6:30 to 7:15 this week, although Taking Cara Babies says sometimes early wakeup are caused by too late of a bedtime. The Ferber book wasn’t much help for this specific problem either. We have blackout curtains and a sound machine. We’ve tried ignoring it and hoping he’ll go back to sleep, which hasn’t worked. Giving him a bottle and putting him back in the crib sometimes works, but most of the time he starts screaming again. It’s hard for us to control his nap schedule because he is in daycare. Is this something that will eventually go away on its own? I don’t want to keep getting up this early!
I know this has been covered many times before but we are trying to decide whether to have a third child. I have 2 daughters (ages 5 and 2), and for a variety of very practical reasons, I think that 2 children is the right number for our family. I know all of this on a rational level, but nonetheless I still sometimes feel sad, like I am grieving some alternative life where I have a big, lively family. I am from a big family, and so sometimes when I think about having only 2 kids, it seems small and sad.
In addition to the practical considerations (my age, logistics related to size of our house and car, finances) I already feel like I am mentally stretched to my absolute breaking point with my demanding job and two children, so I do not think I could handle another without seriously impacting my mental health and ability to be a good mom to the kids I have.
I haven’t given away my maternity clothes and baby gear because it seems so final, but at the same time I think that coming to a final decision about this (rather than letting the passage of time/my age make that choice for me by way of a non-decision) might make me feel better.
I’d love to hear people tell me that they love their family with 2 kids. If you came from a big family yourself, do you feel like your family with only 2 kids feels small (in a bad way)? Or if you thought about having a third and decided not to, were you happy with your choice or do you have regrets?
My 4.5yo used to sleep 8:30-7:00 (bedtime at 8, not allowed out of her bed in the morning until 7:30, but always awake before them) and also nap 2:00-3:30. She pretty clearly needed those 12 hours of sleep. School starts imminently, so we’ve been weaning off nap for the past few weeks. She now gets awake quiet time in her room and bedtime is at 7 (asleep by 7:30 generally), but she’s been consistently waking up at 6:30, so only getting 11 total hours of sleep and is thus a disaster from about 4:30pm on.
Any tips for getting her to sleep longer at night or do we just need to deal with the cranky tiredness until her body adjusts? Her room has blackout curtains, so I don’t think it’s the sunlight waking her up.
Y’all, I’m having feels: I’m turning 40 on Sunday. My kids will be with their Dad until 5pm, which is totally fine. It means that I will get a decent night of sleep. My sister and I had planned to go on a trip for my big birthday, but that is on hold due to job and covid issues. My mom is helping my kids get me a birthday present. I’ve never been huge on celebrating my birthday (an immediate member of my family died within a few days of my birthday as a kid), but this just feels kinda sucky.
So I’m looking for little ways to make the day special for me. I’ve decided that I’m going to go buy all the beautiful flowers that I want on Saturday and put them all over my house. I’m going to spend time this week picking out a new book that I can read this weekend. I’m on the very cautious side for covid, so I’m not interested indoor dining, message, etc. Any ideas for little things to brighten the day?
I’m in my first trimester, dealing with terrible morning sickness and, thankfully, still WFH. However, later this week, I’m supposed to go to an in person meet and greet for a new client with a few senior partners at my biglaw firm (I’m junior equity partner). For the most part, I have been fairly bed ridden and have been avoiding much contact with the outside world due to Delta concerns (I’m fully vaxxed, but skittish with the pregnancy and an unvaxxed toddler at home). New client is travelling to states internationally and I don’t know their vaccination status. We aren’t the primary purpose of their trip, but just getting tacked on at the end.
Is there anyway to gracefully excuse myself from the in person meeting? I haven’t disclosed pregnancy to anyone at work yet other than close, trustworthy friends so don’t want to take that route. I can probably power through the meeting if I need to, but I’m not sure I’ll be great at selling myself while trying not to throw up… with my first i didn’t have nausea this bad and I’ve tried the meds, sea bands, ginger chews, etc. but nothing seems to work and my doc is telling me to just ride it out.
I’m one week into school, and completely overwhelmed by STUFF in our entryway. Part of it is that we just don’t have a great “landing pad” space for when the kids come in, but tell me your tricks and tips for containing the backpacks, papers, shoes, coats, hats/gloves, etc. Thank you!
I’m pregnant with my first, and reading aallll the parenting books. So far I’ve just been grabbing whatever is available and the library, but there are long wait lists. What books would you recommend?
I’m more interested in the science of how kids grow than mommy-memoirs. I’ve read Emily Oster, of course. And the two best books I’ve found are, “brain rules for baby” and “Nurtureshock”. I would especially recommend Nurtureshock for parents with kids of any age.
How the heck do you move cross country with small kids? DH and I want to leave our current state, but the logistics seem overwhelming – potentially finding a new job, selling current home, buying new home, and getting both kids (4 and 1) in a new daycare. Even if we postponed it another year until our oldest is in kindergarten, we’d still have to figure out afterschool care. DH will likely be able to work remotely, so that’s one less thing to worry about. For those of you who have done it, how have you managed it all? Are there any tricks to make it easier?
Why oh why has Old Navy stopped selling their beloved kids masks?! The only thing on their website are a few licensed character options. There were none at my local store either. It’s not like they’re listed as sold out online, they’re just completely gone. They are my go-to’s!
I recently went from having my kids (4 and 1) out of the house all day at an in-home daycare to having a nanny come to our home. I have always had a house cleaner come twice a month, but I’ve canceled the last few times because it feels weird to have both there at the same time – I’d need the nanny to clear out, right? Do I just ask her (the nanny) to do that – to leave for a few hours?
I’m solo parenting on Friday in NYC, with a 5 year old and an almost-3 year old. Avoiding indoor activities due to covid. Suggestions welcome!
Okay, so real life scenario that thankfully resolved happily without my intervention but I am now trying to figure out the appropriate response.
I came downstairs from my home office to find a kindergarten aged child sitting on my back deck. She was wearing a backpack and mask and the school buses are running – so I imagine she either just got off or just missed the bus. She looked scared but also calm. I tried to talk with her but she wouldn’t/couldn’t respond to me. Thankfully after a minute or two of confusion (which seemed much longer) I heard parents calling out and responded by yelling out that there was a little girl with me if someone was missing her. I ran in to get shoes to walk with her in the direction of the yelling. When I got out a man came running up, she called him daddy and ran to him.
So, like I said – happy ending with little intervention needed. But what if it had been more than a few minutes? What’s the right response? 911, I guess??
Has anyone else’s kids been quarantined due to covid exposure? Can’t win for losing over here and while I hope for y’all sake I’m the only one, I would love commiseration.
My in-laws will be visiting and staying for a week for the first time since our first child was born (last October). What are your favorite easy meals for company? They’re not into anything Asian (east or south), spicy, or cooked tomatoes (which eliminates a lot of my repertoire).