After more than 30 hours of research
and testing, including a
session evaluating eight
pregnancy pillows with a prenatal physical therapist (Marianne Ryan) the Bluestone Full Body Contour U Pillow is the pillow we'd recommend to help you sleep comfortably
and keep your body well - supported
during pregnancy.
In a meta - analysis of 70 published studies (including 9,957 children
and parents,
and a core set of 51 randomized controlled trials with 6,282 mothers
and children), Bakermans - Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn & Juffer8 demonstrated that the most effective attachment - based interventions to improve parent sensitivity (d = 0.33, p <.001)
and promote secure infant - caregiver attachment (d = 0.20, p <.001) included the following characteristics: (1) a clear
and exclusive focus on behavioural training for parent sensitivity rather than a focus on sensitivity plus support, or a focus on sensitivity plus support plus internal representations (e.g. individual therapy); (2) the use of video feedback; (3) fewer than five
sessions (fewer than five
sessions were as effective as five to 16
sessions,
and 16
sessions or more were least effective); (4) a later start, i.e.
after the infant is six months or older (rather than
during pregnancy or before age six months);
and (5) conducted by non-professionals.