I am having trouble sleeping.

There are two main reasons for this. First, I’m having horrible reflux, and second, I can’t sleep in my usual sleep position.

Back when I was single and had reflux in law school, I put the whole bed at an angle, which helped a lot. But the bed was smaller, and my only concern was for my own comfort. If I woke up with my feet dangling off, so what? At least I wasn’t choking on stomach acid. Now, I think my bed would be dangerous at an angle, and besides, my lovely wife also needs to sleep there, nearly every single night.

A week or so ago, I bought one of those angled reflux pillows. And I haven’t woken myself up coughing from trying to breathe stomach acid since then. But the angle of the thing is no fun on my pregnant back.

Do any of you brilliant people have suggestions?

As for the other issue, normally, I sleep half on my side, half on my stomach. But Smudge is seriously getting in the way for even slightly sleeping on my stomach. And I don’t want to squish him.

The women in my prenatal yoga class swear by a pillow between the knees. I tried that last night, and the first time I got up to pee, that pillow was already on the floor. I’m contempating one of those whole body pillows, but I’m one of those people who turns over and sleeps on alternating sides all night. A whole body pillow seems hard to move back and forth like that.

Again, brilliant friends and netizens, I welcome your suggestions.

(Please tell me that I still have a couple of months where I get to sleep…….)