A pregnant person’s best friend? Their heating pad, obviously. Gestating a human brings with it all new types of aches and pains, from their legs to their back to their neck. A versatile heating pad that can be moved around the body, therefore, is key. “Don’t tell my hospital, which forbade it, but I snuck it into my room postpartum, and it really helped ease my soreness from labor,” says Glamour’s McNeal.
