Pregnancy Journal?

[cateyes]

I am really wanting to get a pregnancy journal/keepsake book and wondering if anyone has any suggestions of ones they like/didn't like and why. I want somewhere that is kind of weekly or daily and has room for writing but also maybe some prompts and things as well. I have high standards it seems!  

[LadyNymeria]

I liked the Belly Book. It's weekly plus extra pages for dr appointments and other pages with prompts based on trimester. Some weeks' pages have promts some have an open notes area. There's room at the top of each week page for a bump pic.

I ended up slacking towards the end on the book and need to finish it at some point. In addition to the book, I started a blog and had a set of questions I answered to myself each week. I loved having the blog. And now I can keep it going with monthly updates on R.

[Evelyn3]

I'm making one on Shutterfly. So far I like it. There are some prompts, but for the most part if you want to write weekly you could add in a page for that and just type what you want


The bonus point for me is the ease of adding all the photos in, I don't have to print cut and stick in a book. I know I would slack if I had to print them all.

[amandamh2]

I didn't do a specific pregnancy journal but just kept up the same journal I use regularly (I'm doing the same this time around too). We were team green so it's funny to go back through and read all the places I called DS "it," "they," or "L/T" (girl and boy names we had picked out) now that I know who he is

[agm04]

I used this one with DD. www.amazon.com/Pea-Pumpkin-Pregnancy-Journal/dp/1402278136/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477074442&sr=8-1&keywords=from+pea+to+pumpkin I mostly like it. There were a couple of very weird prompts (specifically thinking of a fill in the blank section that said something like "intimacy is ______ right now." like...let's file that under things my fetus does not need to know.), but it was a nice balance of prompts/fill in the blank/room to write your own stuff. i'll probably use the same one with this pregnancy, bc i am already worrying about the need to make my kids feel equal. ha.

Evelyn3 shutterfly is a good idea!

[penguin129]

I had the belly book for DD1. I never used it so I didn't even bother for DD2.

[hangry]

Oct 21, 2016 13:29:41 GMT -5 agm04 said:

I used this one with DD. www.amazon.com/Pea-Pumpkin-Pregnancy-Journal/dp/1402278136/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477074442&sr=8-1&keywords=from+pea+to+pumpkin I mostly like it. There were a couple of very weird prompts (specifically thinking of a fill in the blank section that said something like "intimacy is ______ right now." like...let's file that under things my fetus does not need to know.), but it was a nice balance of prompts/fill in the blank/room to write your own stuff. i'll probably use the same one with this pregnancy, bc i am already worrying about the need to make my kids feel equal. ha.

Evelyn3 shutterfly is a good idea!

Ugh, I have this one right now and I'm not really a fan. I find the fill in the blanks and the questions kinda weird. "My boobs are (multiple choice) a)big b) ginormous 3) same 4) other". Really?? And how many times do they want to me answer the question, "what do you want to tell your unborn child?" I just found it more for fun and I was looking for more info.

Last time I used this Pregnancy Journal www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/1593594364/ref=gp_aw_ybh_a_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FEB3XDTXSAVQ5RYPEX6B
I liked that there was a detailed description of what was happening at each week and there was a focused question with lots of open space to answer each week (your shower, your feelings, your exercise, etc). I also liked how they organized the weight checks and test results on one page. In the other book, I've just had to remember to put it in on the side of whatever week I am on. I really feel like my first journal gave me a sense of how I was doing, on all fronts, as I progressed.

[trytobearunner34]

Oct 21, 2016 10:29:58 GMT -5 Evelyn3 said:

I'm making one on Shutterfly. So far I like it. There are some prompts, but for the most part if you want to write weekly you could add in a page for that and just type what you want


The bonus point for me is the ease of adding all the photos in, I don't have to print cut and stick in a book. I know I would slack if I had to print them all.

Thank you for sharing this!  I love making photo books and didn't realize they had a pregnancy specific one.  ::Slinks off to make a new photo book::

[aprilz81]

Oct 21, 2016 10:29:58 GMT -5 Evelyn3 said:

I'm making one on Shutterfly. So far I like it. There are some prompts, but for the most part if you want to write weekly you could add in a page for that and just type what you want


The bonus point for me is the ease of adding all the photos in, I don't have to print cut and stick in a book. I know I would slack if I had to print them all.

This is what I'm doing as well.  I like that the basic template is there but that you can add/remove pages and sections based on what you want to include.