Breastfeeding pillows

Ok, so are they really worth it? What's the best sort? I really struggled at times when feeding ds. He was so heavy and my arms and back hurt from holding him.

What's your experience?

i have a fertile mind 'milk bar' pillow and found it utterly useless, a normal pillow gave me more support.
Hope someone pops in with an awesome one!

as you'll no doubt be tandem feeding soon (sorry on the assumption) would recommend an ezy-2-nurse pillow designed for tandem feeding and twins, i have been told by so many how great they are and only $35 ex rental i can give you the site if you want, i have mine here eagerly awaiting my chance to use it!

I loooove my "Brest Friend" when we're having a bad day or night (can I say that when we're only 12 days in? :lol:)


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I just used a boomerang pillow you know the triangle pillows you can buy from Kmart or whereever. I found these worked really well. They were puffy and I could also put it around me into the shape I wanted. You don't need to spend a fortune on a "proper" babyfeeding pillow

Tara, I also had a milk bar pillow and hated it, didn't use it at all. Made DS too high to feed comfortably. I just used a cushion from the couch or my pillow from my bed and they were a much betterr height, much more flexible and soft.

Hope this helps!

Great thread! im wanting one too. All other normal pillows failed me miserably with DD so after a decent BFing pillow :)

Another fan of My Breast Friend deluxe (or however it is spelled) - my DS is 15 weeks old and I am still using it all the time.

I got the one (the actual BF pillow) from target and its perfect!!! I love it!

I have the milk bar single pillow. It was a godsend with ds, as I have to use the football hold to bf. Wish I had it with the girls as it was easy to cart around to feed anywhere.

PS to my above post - I too use the football hold at home and having the Brest Friend Pillow makes it so easy - I can also walk to the sink to get a glass of water while still feeding bc the pillow holds most of DS increasing weight...and I always forget to have a glass of water on hand until he's already feeding.

i struggled aswell to hold my sons weight for breastfeeding so for my daughter i bought a breastfriend and LOVED it worth everycent supported my back and once she got heavier i could just lay her on the pillow and use my hands to cuddle her(or grooming) i cant wait to use it again with my 3rd child
while im only 25 weeks along im desperate to get it back off my friend just so i know i can use straight away lol

I used my pregnancy body pillow when bub was little, it was kinda like the triangle pillows so wrapped around me.