I got a pregnancy pillow for my bad hips before I knew I was pregnant as it was recommended by my doc. It was an amazing thing to have while pregnant. It is a full u shape (downside of a c is having to move it if you want to flip sides). I have a king size bed and so mg hubby and I have no problem with the pillow taking up space knowing how much worse my hips felt without it. I still sleep with it now. Also when I breast feed in bed I can pull the end of one side up like a "table" to feed my little guy so it doesn't have to be just during pregnancy either. It is great for me!

I used regular pillows lol by the time I really wanted a maternity pillow I was about due so now I know for my next one lol

Yes and i hated it it was in the way. So i used few body pillows between my legs n that helped.