Journals

Kayla.J

Hey guys! I was just wondering if any of you had journals to document this crazy ride we are on. I have found a journal I'm in love with from paperlust studio, but the shopping cart is disabled and I cannot get the company to respond to any of my emails. Is there any other good journals/ or ideas to document this journey?

amanning2011

I use WordPress to document everything. You can make it private so no one can read it or make it public if you want to share your journey. Amazon also probably has a lot of options for journals. 

funkykey

Aah, what a good idea! That's so lame re: paperlust!

I haven't looked at any journals, but I've had great experiences ordering from Shutterfly and Minted.

This one is so cute (particularly for IF!): 
https://www.minted.com/product/notebooks/MIN-60Q-NBK/yes-you-can?ccId=1287758&color=A&org=title&feature=Browse&event=sku_click&sku=MIN-60Q-NBK&pop_rank=20&source=name&t_api=1

I like the journal idea just for me, but I know I'm going to want to do baby books, which will probably just be photo books from shutterfly. I'll probably have a few paged devoted to our struggles at the beginning, but it'll be more like: "we wanted you so much!" than what I write for myself (privately in my own journal), which is more like: "I can't believe she said that to me re: IF. That b*tch."

When I was little, I used to read my baby book all the time, and would make my mom tell me stories about it, so I'll have to (err) abridge my IF story for the baby book. The journals I'll have to keep for when they're older. 

fresh76

I use a plain black moleskine book... I've been using Moleskine for many, many years - I love the feel/weight of the paper. 

Joslynj11

I've been using a plain old composition notebook from the dollar store and love it! 

Kayla.J

great! thank yall so much for the ideas!

LeFemmeViolette

I kept a physical journal of sorts during my first IVF/FET. Each entry started out "Dear Baby."

I wrote in it from retrieval to beta. Once we learned the beta was negative, I decided to burn it. Typing that out- it sounds so harsh! It was pretty cathartic, actually. (And we have a fire pit out back, so it's not like I torched it in the house.) And really, what I wrote was meant for that specific embryo, so it wouldn't make sense to keep it. I plan on doing the same thing for this upcoming transfer- except I'll start writing on transfer day rather than retrieval day. I've always loved journaling- especially the physical aspect of writing thoughts down.