Dream Genii Pillow

What THEY Say...

The Unique Dream Genii™ support pillow is designed to aid restful sleep during those uncomfortable stages of pregnancy when getting comfortable is a difficult task.

Unlike other pillows, Dream Genii™ offers gentle support for your tummy, back and knees without taking up most of the bed, allowing you and your partner to get a good nights rest.

Its unique shape encourages you to sleep on your left side, in the recovery position, which, if used regularly from the second trimester, can encourage baby into the optimum position for birth. The gentle back support discourages rolling onto your back during the night, which can restrict blood flow to both mother and baby and the leg support is designed to take the pressure off your tummy and back by gently lifting your leg whilst you sleep.

Once baby has arrived, Dream Genii™ can be used as a feeding support pillow. The leg support fits comfortably into the small of your back, whilst the back and tummy supports fold over to form cradle shaped support for your new baby. Unlike other feeding pillows, the Dream Genii™ gives essential back support and allows for a comfortable position without putting any strain on any post birth aches and pains.

Website: www.dreamgenii.com

Dream Genii Pillow

What WE Say...

The Dream Genii pillow has been reviewed for LittleStuff by the wonderfully pregnant friend of LittleStuff; Tracy. A pillow was despatch to her with much haste because at nearly-8-months pregnant and a bad case of SPD she was keen to try anything that would help her sleep better. So without any further ado, here is Tracy’s review (drumroll please)……

IT ARRIVES

Pillow is here!

Here's hoping to a good night's sleep tonight. Been having really rough nights of late, so lets see if the pillow works.

It also says it is approved by midwifes as a feeding pillow, so will test that out in a few weeks.

THE FIRST NIGHT

Went to bed - rather early 9.30pm - full of excitement that I have a new sleeping partner. Having been diagnosed with SPD back in June and been shown by a very nice physiotherapist how to position pillows to help sleeping comfort, I was looking forward to trialling the Dream Genii which promised to “aid a restful nights sleep”!

Shaped like a rather large coma it has a small pillow to fit in the base of your back with a quilted section to be placed under your middle, then a further pillow to support 'bump'. This is all attached to a long thin pillow that is placed between your knees for support. It tells you to lay it with the long pillow to the right, so you lay on your left side. If you roll to your right side you don't carry the pillow with you, merely slot the thin pillow through your knees from behind??? Okay, so off I go. Not sure if I am too tall for it - only 5'8" - but the leg pillow felt too high when I was laying down, yet if I moved the back and bump support pillows down, they didn't feel in the right place. But stuck with it.

Personally, the support for the legs didn't seem quite right. When lying on your left, the leg pillow feels quite long, but it still only supports your knees and keeps them apart which is no good for the pelvis. You really need the legs equal distance apart, so need the support right down to your ankle. When lying on your right, the leg pillow was a lot shorter as you are obviously pulling it from behind and it only keeps your knees apart and a bit of your thighs. The back and bump pillows worked well, but could do with being a little firmer. My physio had shown me how to create the same effect with a feather pillow plumped to make a 'bow' with you lying in the middle of it and the 'bow' edges supporting your front and back.

So far, it is okay but not sure my sleep was any better. Zzzzzz............

THE NEXT NIGHT

I think after a bit of shoogling I've got the right positioning for the Dreamgenii! Certainly more comfortable than the previous night. Still not sure of the pulling-the-leg-pillow-between-my-legs when lying on my right, but was snug as a bug when lying on my left.

You really do feel quite cocooned once you find the right positioning. All the tap dancing by sausage I think means he likes it too!!

Will be bagging it up (can't remember if I said, but it comes in a nice big plastic bag with handles that clip together) and taking it away with us for the weekend.

CONCLUSION

Well, I've had 5 nights now with the Dream Genii, and I do like it. It is comfy to sleep with and it does have the benefit that when you roll over, the flatness of the quilted section that you lie on means that this is easier than trying to manoeuvre over a feather pillow, but the leg pillow still doesn't feel right when you are lying on your right. Maybe it’s just that I don't wake up enough when I am rolling over to remember to pull the pillow between my legs? Also, I personally think it’s a tad bit expensive for what it is when you can achieve close to the same support from two feather pillows. Overall, I found it a pretty good product but not convinced it’s worth the extra cost for the same quality of sleep I can get with normal pillows. I’ll report back on how well it performs as a nursing pillow when I’m knee-deep in middle-of-the-night feeds and nappy changes.

Website: www.dreamgenii.com

Dream Genii Pillow

What THEY say in response...

We were very pleased that Tracy liked the DreamGenii after 5 nights sleep with it, especially as she suffers from SPD.

The DreamGenii was never designed as a 'cure' for the symptoms of this painful condition. When Vanessa, (the designer of the Dream Genii) was pregnant, she was convinced of its need, and designed the pillow accordingly; at that stage she wasn't aware of SPD.

Having said that we have had a lot of feedback from SPD sufferers telling us of how the DreamGenii has helped them.

The true value of this product is in its multi- use versatility and compact unitary shape ensuring multiple pillows don't need to be used.

We are sorry that you feel the cost was high. Bearing in mind that DreamGenii is actually two pillows in one; (there's nothing else currently like it on the market), we believe that £39.95 is a very attractive price point.

Website: www.dreamgenii.com