The boppy cuddle pillow has been specially designed to help aid you through your pregnancy the boppy pillow has been shaped to aide sleeping while pregnant the ergonomic bean shape helps to position your comfortably while sleeping on your side without taking up to much space within the bed the pillow acts as a wedge that sits underneath your baby bump to support it as you sleep and reduces the strain on your stomach sleeping with the pillow the opposite way around helps to support you