Pregnancy journal?

chanfa · November 2015

Anyone started one or planning to start one? I am caught between either handwritten or typed in a word doc. Thoughts?

MsBeachNJ · November 2015

I was just thinking of this today... curious to see what others have in mind. Someone had posted on another board a beautiful journal but it was very costly... I'm thinking of maybe handwritten letters once a week with a picture?

chanfa · November 2015

Was the journal something they bought on etsy or the made it themselves @msbeachnj?

MsBeachNJ · November 2015

No it was from a website, it was like $90 though and that seemed absurd to me for a journal...

LinzerBinzer · November 2015

$90?!?!? Jeez. I'll make you one for $80... :P It sounds like a neat idea, though I'd rather save money for a little baby moon and journal in a regular notebook.

MsBeachNJ · November 2015

My thoughts exactly! I was like, for $90 I can buy a baby swing or bouncer, and the baby is going to appreciate that a whole lot more !

born2run911 · November 2015

I have been doing a journal since Feb just a single sentence recap of the day that includes new things DD does (new tooth, walking etc). Only a small recap so it doesn't feel like a chore. It also details our journey of ttgp and finally finding out. It's already cool to look back on days from only months ago to see what we did! Hope I can keep it up for years!

ThePax89 · November 2015

I had one with my daughter's pregnancy. It as a book called "pea to pumpkin" cute fill ins.

I also kept a weekly note in my iPhone.

TyrannosaurusBex · November 2015

@born2run911 that's a great idea! I've thought about journaling, but then I felt like I didn't have anything profound to say. I could just write a sentence though! In sure I could do that!

elenabrent · November 2015

I've been thinking about keeping a dedicated journal with thoughts/feelings/changes. I'm sure once the baby is actually here all of this will seem like a distant memory, so I'm hoping that writing it down someplace other than the Ovia app will be a sweet way to hold on to it.

chanfa · November 2015

I think after some consideration and reading all of the thoughts above. I am going with a handwritten journal. I can always type it up if needed

blackgirlmagic · November 2015

So I think I'm going to take the lazy route and buy a pregnancy journal from Target this weekend. I may even start taking photos, yes I know I will not be showing for awhile, so I can compare them week by week and put them in the journal as well. I want to be able to look back at this time in life and relive everything!

missthumpa · November 2015

I've brought one of Amazon that is so lovely. It's called bump to birthday and it starts from 10 weeks pregnant but has a lot to add before. I wish my mum had done one for me as that would be so useful now x

chanfa · November 2015

@beachtigress I am doing the photos too! My plan is to match it up to the journal and do something like this :

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holly142 · November 2015

I used "The Belly Book" with my daughter and loved it! You can buy it on Amazon for $11.

NamelessAria · November 2015

I've been considering getting a pregnancy journal. Like others have said, it seems like a sweet way to have a keepsake of all the hopes and dreams, fears and worries, exciting moments, etc from pregnancy.

I've seen some other cute ideas also. I read somewhere about a dad that had set up an e-mail account for baby and every week or whatever he would write an e-mail to baby. He did it until baby was fairly old. 10 or something maybe? And eventually he gave the e-mail account to his child with years worth of sweet e-mails.

ETA: As far as journals go I was looking into something like this maybe.

chanfa · November 2015

@namelessaria my friend is sending emails to her son, she has been doing it since she gave birth last year. I thought the idea was pretty cute too

palmtreeNP · November 2015

I do it. Keep it on my bedside table. Just write notes to "baby Predator" when I'm feeling overly loving & sweet. Maybe 4-5 notes since my BFP. Sometimes I write about my hubs id I am liking him that day. Once I wrote about my pugs waiting to meet their sibling. My last entry was about my Grandad in heaven when I was having an absolute breakdown & threw myself into bed. Do what makes you feel good but I like the idea of looking back on this time. Even though I'm really crazy right now lol.

noelietrex · November 2015

I am intent on being frugal, but I love this idea now that you guys brought it up. Just started a private tumblr blog where I can dump thoughts, images, and random things from around the internet into a digital pregnancy journal. It's on lockdown now, but when I hit 12 weeks I might unlock and share the link since so much of my family is out of state. It'll help with Facebook spam too. Want to hear about my pregnancy? Here's a link! Otherwise normal Facebook activities such as cat videos and pictures of our travels shall commence. Great thread- thanks for the idea!

TyrannosaurusBex · November 2015

noelietrex said:

I am intent on being frugal, but I love this idea now that you guys brought it up. Just started a private tumblr blog where I can dump thoughts, images, and random things from around the internet into a digital pregnancy journal. It's on lockdown now, but when I hit 12 weeks I might unlock and share the link since so much of my family is out of state. It'll help with Facebook spam too. Want to hear about my pregnancy? Here's a link! Otherwise normal Facebook activities such as cat videos and pictures of our travels shall commence. Great thread- thanks for the idea!

@noelietrex! I'm so frugal too! I love it, because I think most people would read your quote and be like, "Really? You think a journal is too costly??" But I totally understand! I'm planning to retire before this little munchkin in my belly goes to college, so I get it, all those little costs add up! Frugal for the win!

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