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Do I really need a pregnancy pillow?
So I'm halfway through pregnancy #2. My hips are getting achy from sleeping on my side. But, I really don't want to spend $50 on a pillow that gives DH very little room in our bed. Is it really worth it? Can I just stick a regular pillow between my knees? I know, lame question, but it's slow in here. What else do you have to do? 
Re: Do I really need a pregnancy pillow?
I had a regular pillow for between my knees, and a wedge for under my stomach.
I used like 6 pillows toward the end...you need to reconfigure all the time, and then at the end, you might only be able to sleep if you prop yourself half sitting in a craftmatic adjustable type pose...so like, just get a bunch. for the sitting up sleeping weeks, I liked a backrest pillow with a travel neck pillow and a regular pillow, and then like 3 pillows under my knees. you have to be creative.
I used king sized pillows, instead of the body pillow, for the first pregnancy; and got a body pillow for the second. Both worked fine. Body pillows are pretty cheap though, at Target; so just shop around. And yes, even fifty dollars is not too much to pay for a last couple of months' good night's sleep; you need all the help and support you can wrangle.