Share Your Pregnancy Logging/Charting Books!

canavara · May 2016

I know in a couple of the “randoms” and other threads, we’ve discussed scrapbooking and pregnancy logging books, but I thought it might be fun to have a discussion/thread dedicated to it.

Is anyone doing anything fun with theirs? Any pregnancy logging books you highly recommend or would NOT recommend?

canavara · May 2016

I bought a book called "The Belly Book" on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Belly-Book-Nine-Month-Journal-Growing/dp/0307336182/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463997785&sr=8-1) and would so *not* recommend it purely based on the fact that it starts at Weeks 1/2 by LMP and had spots for your bump pictures at that point--how would you even know to take a bump picture before you even know you're pregnant? Yuck.

Instead I set up an e-mail account for the baby and write to it whenever I feel like it, every few days or so. Just telling it about all the exciting feelings for it, how it's doing developmentally, things happening in our lives, how other people we've shared the news with have reacted and how excited they were, etc etc. Seems way more personal than a book that just asks about symptoms

I'm hoping to continue e-mailing it once they're born and send pictures and videos and then eventually give him/her/them(haha) the password to the e-mail account at a certain age.

mommywesley · May 2016

I've actually heard of this! Starting an email for your kids...I seriously think I need to do that for my boys and this baby, like now!!

kellybean1988 · May 2016

@canavara , LOVE the idea of starting an email..!! Good one!

I bought a "pregnancy journal" online. I chose it because of its gorgeous illustrations and its VERY loose prompts...just short words at the top or bottom of a blank page where I can write whatever I want. It's not for folks who don't enjoy writing, and it's not for folks who want something scrapbook-y....but I love it! Here is a link:
https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Pregnancy-Journal-Nikki-McClure/dp/1570616817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464009014&sr=8-1&keywords=embrace+pregnancy+journal

canavara · May 2016

@kellybean1988 That book is beautiful! Really like the line art it has--so much better than some of the campy clip-art in other books.

mjolk · May 2016

Maybe I'm just too new to this, but I have no idea what I'd want to journal... I'm very interested in scrapbooking once baby is here though and that can totally include a couple belly pics.

colleenkevin · May 2016

I used "The Belly Book" during my last pregnancy and I loved it, so I bought it again for this pregnancy. I like having a page dedicated to each week's belly photo. Yeah, it starts at week 1, as mentioned above, but you can simply skip those first few weeks...really not a big deal imo. I have photocopies of all my daughter's ultrasounds in there - it's a great momento.

I also love the email address idea. I waited until my daughter was born to create her a personalized email address for later in life - I will have to start sending her things to open when she's older!

ChaoticWolf · May 2016

I bought the "Expecting" journal from BabiesRUs.

Image: https://www.toysrus.com/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-21966179_alternate1_dt.jpg

Image: https://www.toysrus.com/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-21966179_alternate3_dt.jpg

It's very flirty and girly, but I kinda like how bright and hopeful it is. It shuts down the PGAL brain and lets me feel happy and excited about this time.

stumptownmama · May 2016

I'm so bad about journaling/scrap booking. I was given a few when I was pregnant with DD and filled in a few pages and that was it. I eventually made a shutterfly book. They have some cute templates to document pregnancy. I also haven't done well with DD's baby book. I have like 4 different ones and haven't done much. I need just one and to focus. It gives me anxiety that I haven't done very much. I do keep a journal for her and did one of those milestone calendars for her first year.

Knottie1443924966 · May 2016

Sending your baby emails is such a wonderful idea!!

gonetothesea · May 2016

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These are the ones I have. I didn't want anything cheesy, and was psyched to get theses. They're quirky and fun. Highly recommend.

I love the email idea, @canavara!

Lecool · May 2016

@gonetothesea Both of those are on my Amazon wish list! I've been trying to decide whether to get them or not.

gonetothesea · May 2016

Lecool said:

@gonetothesea Both of those are on my Amazon wish list! I've been trying to decide whether to get them or not.

They're so good, @lecool! The listography one doesn't have too much you can fill out while you're pregnant, but it'll be a lot of fun to write in once the baby is here. And the 40ish weeks journal has a lot of space to journal (which I like) and it has fun little subsections to fill out. They're both cute and quirky and I love them.

Nini422 · May 2016

I want to do a scrapbook. Not sure about a journal, but thats a awesome idea

canavara · May 2016

I was on the fence about the Listography one but I just checked it out on Amazon and looked at the table of contents and it looks awesome! I really like all the unconventional lists they have... "A list of my parenting mishaps", "A list of changes I hope the world makes in your lifetime", "A list o things you pretended to do and to be" -- so sweet. I think my only fear with that one would be filling it out too soon and not having room for all the new things as they grew older

rubyslippers17 · May 2016

I bought one called Expecting You, but I haven't written in it yet. This is only my first pregnancy but my mom suffered a MC before me and I want to wait until after my first appt before I start.

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