favorite nursing pillow

My BreastFriend would be a good choice for you I think.

I don't recommend the Breast Friend for larger women because it straps on around your waist. I'm a size 16 and it barely fits around my waist. I use a Leach nursing pillow and LOVE it. Dh also uses it for giving dd bottles when I'm not home. You can see a pic of it if you click on Olivia in my sig. I think it's in the fifth pic. Don't worry, there are a variety of prints.

I used a boppy for quite a while with dd. It didn't fit me well, and it always seemed like dd was rolling into the crack between me and it. Then I bought myself a buckwheat pillow, and found I didn't like it for sleeping, but tried it for nursing. It was great! It "molds" so I could squish it into the shape I needed.

I will second the mybreastfriend pillow. I was wearing a size 16-18 until recently and it fit around my waist no problem.

When my dd was newborn, I tried the boppy and could not ever get it right. I ended up using just a regular bed pillow, folded under a little to provide extra height for her head. That was helpful until she could latch on really good on her own and now I don't use anything, although I do like to sit in the corner of the couch & lean on the armrest.

ellacy
dd 8 mo.

I used a boppy and had the same results you did. It didn't really fit and it got smashed down a lot and I was still slouching. I used a My BreastFriend pillow compliments of our local WIC BF support. I LOVED it. It was more firm fit better and was much easier to wipe clean withough havign to get right out and wash it. I still use the boppy for other things but the My BreastFriend was by far my Breast friend. Good Luck

I should add that I was a 14-16 while using the boppy as well as the My BreastFriend.

I used My BreastFriend and thought it was fine, but in the end I ended up not using a pillow at all. With the pillows their lower body (assuming you use the cradle hold) is up against your non-nursing breast. It is better to have it right up against your body, which is not possible with a pillow. Without one, you hold their body at an angle and the lower part is more under your breast. By holding them really close you can get better latch, I think. And you don't have to worry about strapping a pillow on when you have a hungry baby. But this is JMHO.

I'm large and bought a Boppy...it didn't fit my waist and I now use it only for tummy time or to support Ellie to lay in.

My friend bought me a Hugster and I love it!!! http://www.shop.com/op/~Hugster_Red_...-prod-13049990

I don't like the velcro on the ends and keep thinking that I will cut it off, but haven't yet. Ellie is only a week and a half old....so there is still time. I am thinking about sewing up another one to keep in my bedroom for nursing.