One of the best sleeping partners is a good mattress. Whether you spend your days and nights making love, you still need to sleep in comfort. A mattress well chosen will be worth the investment now, in the younger days of your marriage and later on, when the babies arrive to snuggle up and enjoy sharing your comfort too.

Hints on how to get a good night’s sleep
Buy the right mattress and base
Invest in some really good bed linen
Have a warm bath before bedtime
Exercise to stay fit and reduce aches and pains
Eat properly
Reduce caffeine intake
Make your bedroom as cosy and intimate as possible
Have a regular bedtime ritual, i.e. go to bed at the same time, snuggle up to each other and make love. This will relax and de-stress you, whilst making you feel on top of the world.

How to buy a mattress

The do’s

• Buy a matching mattress and base. Bases (also called box springs) are built to work with specific mattress constructions TO MAXIMISE THE BENEFITS OF THAT PARTICULAR MATRESS.
• Ask for a base with centre support for queen/king size beds to prevent curving in the middle and to validate the warranty. Shops are not required to sell a base with centre support, so you should ask for it.
• Buy a mattress set with a high quality and well constructed base.
• Shop with your fiancé to get an accurate sense of comfort and size for you both.

  The don’ts

• Test a mattress by just sitting on the side or pressing down on the surface. You should, lie down, roll around, close your eyes, cuddle up to your fiancé and position your bodies in their normal sleeping positions.
• Shop around and comparative –shop by coil count alone. You should look at the benefits offered by the individual mattress construction.
• Buy a mattress without checking the warranty, including the amount of body depression the manufacturer finds acceptable. This varies for each manufacturer.
• Buy a mattress without shopping at reputable retailers who carry national brands. You should compare models with similar construction, and then base your decision on comfort and price.