Prone pregnancy cushion
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1. A pregnancy cushion, for supporting a pregnant woman laying face-down, comprising:
- a) an early stage segment, in the shape of a rectangular prism having a top plane and a bottom plane, an abdominal hollow extending downward from the top plane toward the bottom plane, and a breast hollow extending downward from the top plane toward the bottom plane;
b) a later stage segment, in the shape of a rectangular prism having a top plane and a bottom plane, an abdominal hollow extending downward from the top plane toward the bottom plane, and a breast hollow extending downward from the top plane toward the bottom plane; and
c) an attachment mechanism, connecting the early stage segment and later stage segment.
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A prone pregnancy cushion, for allowing a pregnant woman to lay on her abdomen, comprising an early stage segment, a later stage segment, and an attachment mechanism connecting the early stage segment and later stage segment. The early stage segment and later stage segment each have abdominal hollows and breast hollows, containing breast cut-outs and abdominal cut-outs which are removable to accommodate women of different sizes and at different stages of their pregnancy.
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1. A pregnancy cushion, for supporting a pregnant woman laying face-down, comprising:
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a) an early stage segment, in the shape of a rectangular prism having a top plane and a bottom plane, an abdominal hollow extending downward from the top plane toward the bottom plane, and a breast hollow extending downward from the top plane toward the bottom plane; b) a later stage segment, in the shape of a rectangular prism having a top plane and a bottom plane, an abdominal hollow extending downward from the top plane toward the bottom plane, and a breast hollow extending downward from the top plane toward the bottom plane; and c) an attachment mechanism, connecting the early stage segment and later stage segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of using a pregnancy cushion by a pregnant woman, comprising an early stage segment and a later stage segment, the early stage segment and later stage segment connected with an attachment mechanism, the early and later stage segment each having a breast hollow and abdominal hollow containing removable breast cut-out portions and a removable abdominal cut-out portions, comprising the steps of:
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a) performing a step selected from; i) removing an abdominal cut-out portion in the early stage segment if the woman is at an early stage of her pregnancy, and ii) removing an abdominal cut-out portion in the later stage segment if the woman is at a later stage of her pregnancy; and b) laying down on the cushion with the abdomen extending into the abdominal hollow, and the legs supported by the segment in which the abdominal cut-out has not been removed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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