Mattress Advice

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<p>Some background......My husband has not been able to sleep on the last 2 mattresses we purchased (good mattresses).....backaches every morning. I on the other hand can sleep anywhere (anytime too). My husband finally ordered a 4" memory foam with cooling layer topper for the bed. He is now sleeping like a baby with no backaches in the morning - this was the only time he's slept through the night and woke without a backache for many, many years</p>

<p>However, I discovered I can NOT sleep on foam (and I really could sleep anywhere - they make fun of me for it). This form is awful - even though it is not too hot, I sink into it and can't roll over. I feel like I am be enveloped by something. It is the most uncomfortable feeling I have ever had - just weird. And I'm exhausted the next morning because I apparently expend a lot of energy just attempting to shift my position in bed. In fact, I think I twisted my knee just trying to roll onto my side. </p>

<p>Other than getting rid of everything and trying a sleep number type bed, does anyone have any ideas about how to make one side of the foam mattress firm? Any thoughts on what I can place on top of my side of the foam mattress that would be firm enough to not let me sink into the bed but not be hard as plywood?</p>

<p>Any ideas appreciated.</p>

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<p>I too now have a foam mattress and I don’t like it. Can you cut the mattress topper in half (or buy a twin) just for his side of the bed?</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure I can cut it in half but I’m not real keen on that “half the road’s been repaved and the other half hasn’t look” - I suppose I could keep the cutout half in the closet and just slip it under the comforter before I make the bed so It doesn’t look so odd. Actually - that may be what happens. I can’t keep spending money on mattresses. I think I should have invested in the sleep number last time but was afraid it too would hurt his back. </p>

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<p>Would it help at all to make it look even if you put the part you cut off under your side of the mattress? </p>

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<p>^^^^ shoboemom that’s a thought - once I cut it I guess I can do anything. It will be a 4" drop from one side of the bed to the other so it may not work but I can certainly try and then I wouldn’t have to pull it off and put it on every day. Thanks for the idea.</p>