I use the Mirage Nasal Swift pillows system.  It works great (when I actually wear it - see my other post from a few hours earlier), but I can't sleep on my side or stomach without it leaking.  Does anyone have a solution for sleeping on your side or stomach with a mask?

Thanks everyone and anyone for your advice!

I don't know if this would help, but I saw a bendable pillow at a local discount drugstore (it has a color in the name) under $20. It was a long padded cylinder that could be bent in any shape. Maybe you could bend it so it doesn't touch the mask but still supports your head. There is also a CPAP pillow available, but it is rather expensive.

A tempurpedic style foam pillow under my head and a body pillow to hug works for me.

Chumley

The PAPillow with it's contoured sides works well for me, to keep from bumping against any mask when I'm sleeping on my side.

Since you're already wearing a nasal pillows interface, Sleepy in FL you might want to try another one.  The one I use is absolutely great for sleeping in ANY position, even tummy sleeping face down into a pillow.   The softest, smushiest nasal pillows of all, imho....no hard plastic cylinder or shell holding the pillows, or tubes crammed up the snout like with nasal prongs interfaces.   It's Aeiomed's "Headrest" (formerly known as the "Aura".)   One of the things I like best about it is where the exhaust is positioned - up above your eyebrows, venting straight up.  Doesn't hit anything -  not the bedcovers, the pillow, bed partner or you.  It sends the exhaust air straight up like a chimney, completely out of the way.  That exhaust design, in addition to nothing hard under or around the nostrils is why the "Headrest" nasal pillows are so comfy for even tummy sleeping.

A ton of discussion topics about the "Headrest" (Aura) on other message boards will fill you in on the pros and cons of that particular mask.   It's unlikely that any local home health care provider actually has one, and most DMEs probably have never even heard of it.  I think it's worth the effort to get them to order it for you, if they will, or buy it yourself from an online store.  You can buy masks without a prescription from online stores, btw.

Easier to find at just about any local DME is the Breeze with nasal pillows.   It's a good one for sleeping on one's side.  That's my close second favorite to Aeiomed's "Headrest" (Aura.)

Here's a link to a lot of discussions about the Aura, as most of us still call it, despite the name change:  

LINKS to Aura nasal pillows mask topics

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I use the Breeze nasal pillows and have no problems sleeping on my stomach.  I just have to get my head on the edge of the pillow.  Some other people have reported that they have to get a thicker pillow to make it work.  I've never tried the PAPillow - but it looks interesting.