Pregnancy Diary

[MummyBear405]

Has anyone else started one or had one for a previous pregnancy?

I think it'd be nice to document this experience but not sure where to start or when as I'm still in the 1st trimester, thoughts?

I bought this just to document- it's weekly so not too overwhelming and not too twee thankfully! www.amazon.co.uk/Bump-Birthday-Pregnancy-First-Journal/dp/1907048413/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_1/260-7793272-3336602?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1907048413&pd_rd_r=067d8b0f-8ebb-11e9-a307-b15bf0b0b84f&pd_rd_w=DWVtJ&pd_rd_wg=6IWwV&pf_rd_p=d9539b3c-75e6-4bff-a48d-94806c2c2f83&pf_rd_r=M5MZH3KPJ93C3SVYEH7E&psc=1&refRID=M5MZH3KPJ93C3SVYEH7E

I think it’s a bit ‘much’ to be honest to have a pregnancy diary.
I’m not sure what you’d write in it either...’today I had heartburn and was gassy’ ?
Just seems to me like another piece of useless tat and once your pregnancy is over, you won’t care about your pregnancy because it’s only a means to an end. Do you think in 10, 20, even 50 years time, anyone will be interested in it? Will you even be interested in it? Probably not

I have one and had one for my last pregnancy. They are good. You only record weekly and has helped me a lot with symptoms and watching my antenatal depression symptoms by referring to my other one.

I just got a cheap one from the Works, from week nine onwards it has a double page each week to write down things like symptoms, cravings, thoughts and feelings, a place for photos and a pocket at the back. It goes right up until the baby is one, for you to record milestones. During the pregnancy section each week it tells you info about what the baby is doing as time progresses. There’s a cute section at the beginning for how their parents met and the circumstances around getting pregnant!

I love it, I don’t follow the questions asked, I just write about how I feel each week and what I’ve been up to, any milestones like bump popping or any appointments and how we both felt. I write it to the baby. We’re going to keep it until the baby is sixteen or eighteen then give it to them so they can read about their young parents’ journey to having their first baby and all of the little details, like where we went for lunch after the first scan and what we ate, how their relatives or our friends reacted when we told them.

I have a box of handwritten diaries from my late mum and it means the word to me to have her handwriting and some insight into her inner thoughts and feelings now I’m an adult. She’s written things like when I first pulled myself up on a chair and how proud she is and what we’ve been up to together. It’s the physical possession I value most in the world now she’s long dead and makes me feel close to her. These days with everything online I’m glad I have something physical to leave for our baby as they grow older should something happen to me.