We have been thinking about starting a family soon. We are almost thirty and wanted to have some fun before we did. This journal includes everything that you may want to know about pregnancy. It keeps everything organized. I haven't used it yet so I cannot comment on how useful it may be.

I bought this organizer during both of my pregnancies and wrote everything in them. The first one was a great resourse to go back and look through during my second pregnancy. Now they are great keepsakes to have to look through to rememeber what was happening, how I was feeling, what I did to prepare for each of my babies, and the experience during and after birth. I know my kids will enjoy reading my thoughts and experiences when they experience their own pregnancies. I buy this organizer for all of my friends who are expecting!

I used the older verison for my first baby. You could fill in the date and week of pregnancy and it had a space to write your thoughts. This next version is designed for daily entries. Even for a first pregnancy, esp a second pregnancy, there isn't enough changing day to day that there is something new to write. I found "The Belly Book" to be easier to use. It is desinged week by week.

Awesome product! Lets you organize everything, and then you have a memory of what you went through during your pregnancy. Especially good to go back and look at if you are having another!

This item was a good idea at the time. But I really never used it. My son is now 12 months.

the best book I received (and I got about 5 as gifts)... was the "What to Expect" journal. It has a place for EVERY SINGLE bit of DATA you could ever come across while pregnant... some you wouldn't even think of! Pages to interview doctors, birth plan, places for ultrasound & belly photos, etc. It's been the ONE place that I store everything pregnancy related, and it's small enough to carry with me in my purse, so I always have ALL my info ready. Also, if I am lucky enough to have a "next" pregnancy... I think it'll be helpful to remember WHEN everything happened, etc. on a week by week basis.
The "What to Expect" books I could have done without, really ALL the books... the same info is available online (and emailed to me weekly)... but this book has been invaluable. If you're newly pregnant - GET ONE. Or if you KNOW someone newly pregnant - get it for them as a gift!

This is a great book to have. We've used one for each of our pregnancies (we're on our third) and absolutely love it. I have everything I need to keep organized and the pocket at the back is handy to store extra information.

This journal is great for any woman expecting! Although I wasn't able to fill out the 1st month through the 2nd month milestones. I do reccommend getting this book when planning on having a baby, and as soon as you find out you're expecting!

I do not think that there is a better book for first time mothers. You are so excited and you want a journal that holds everything. I write in the book everyday and the journal will be great to share with the baby when he or she comes. I recommend this book for all first time mothers to be. The book provides you with so much needed information.

I used it for my pregnancy and it's a great way to keep track of all important pregnancy related stuff that is hard to keep up with otherwise. Like measurments, doctor appointment, food aversions, pregnancy milestones, and now I find it a really great book of "memories" that I wouldn't have otherwise. I'm sure I'll enjoy looking back on it long after my son is grown.

The only thing I didn't like was there are no pockets to put papers, phamplets, etc from the doctor/hospital. Otherwise I think the pages are great and has plenty of places to record your information.

I wanted something a little more fun to record my pregnancy. My mom picked this up for me when I requested a journal. In looking over it I think there are too many lists and questions. I was looking more for something fun to write some thoughts down, put some pictures in. I think I won't use most of this book because I'm not really a list person. If you are more organized and enjoy making lists, than this book is good for you.

It was purchased for my daughter-in-law. They are expecting their first child. She loves the book. It is and will be very helpful thru the next 7 months. She loves looking at the size of the baby as it grows. I would recomend it for any new to be Mom. It's a great gift for anyone you know who is expecting.

I purchased this organizer for my first pregnancy and knew right away with my second pregnancy that I would buy it again! It is so helpful to have all my information in one place. It allows you to write in insurance information, doctor's contact information, results from tests, pregnancy wellness exams and much, much more. It really is invaluable! I loved looking back at my first pregnancy organizer and reminding myself of everything that occurred. There are other pregnancy organizers on the market, but I think this one is the most detailed.

I was mid pregnancy when they came out with the revised version of the organizer. I like the new version much better. It was very helpful for all of my questions I had as a first time mom. I highly recommend this book for any one who likes to keep things organized and want one place to keep track of all of their pregnancy needs. I will defiantly buy one again for my next pregnancy.

I have 4 kids and one of these for each of them. They made keeping track of what questions I had for the doc, weight changes, allowed meds, etc a lot easier. I don't think (as a first time mom) that I would've known just what to write down. As I've gone along with other pregnancies, I've learned to be more detailed in my writing and now go back to past journals as reference materials. Just when did heartburn kick in? When did I get to the point when I had trouble sleeping or rolling over?

The cons, as other reviewers have noted, mainly have to do with the layout. It's just not as easily accessible as it could be. I dealt with this by getting reusable sticky page markers and wrote the most important sections down: OB Appointments, Journal area, etc. Another beef I had was that there weren't quite enough slots for the appointments for me. There were periods when I had more frequent visits than usual and I ended up having to write on the reverse side of the previous page. If you have a difficult pregnancy, this may be an issue. Also, they only give you a small square for each week of journaling. I had way more to write than I had space and ended up writing very tiny to squeeze it all in.

Keep a pencil with it with a book/magazine to read in a small tote bag to grab on your way to the OB's. Just don't keep it where small children can get to it...

I used this journal for my first my pregnancy and am using the revised version now. Being high risk, it is great to be able to refer to my first journal weekly to see if I'd experienced the same symptoms the first time around. It's handy to take to dr visits to help remember questions I wanted to ask.The section tabs and the pocket are great additions. I wish there was a tab for each & every section, rather than just 3 general sections-had to add my own. This book is ideal for record keeping and remembering all those little things about the time you spent carrying your baby. I highly recommend it.

I had this Journal with my first pregnancy and I loved it because everything that I needed for the doctors office and labor and devilery were all in the same place. I had many complications with my pregnancy and having a place to write questions for the doctors and results from all my visits or if I had to call her after office was really helpful to me. I would have to try to remember everything. I just wrote it down and knew that I could come back to it if and when I needed to.

I bought this journal for my first pregnancy and I wrote down EVERYTHING. This book had so many great aspects to it. From a weekly journal, to doctor visit notes, Shower notes, planning and purchasing sections, even to a labor journal. I loved it. I wrote everything down and now that I am pregnant again for the second time I am purchasing another so I can do it all over again. I love being able to go back at my old journal to compare what is going on in this pregnancy and what happened during my last. Great book for yourself or for a gift. I buy one for EVERYONE who I know who in pregnant.

This organizer is great if you actually use it. The best parts are the areas to write down questions for your next dr. visit, and what dr. told you at each visit. Also has areas for tracking daily movements (after 5 months), and an area to make sure you're getting the appropriate number of servings of each food type in the food pyramid, daily. I used that dedicatedly and only gained 20 pounds!!!!WOW Also has area to record baby gifts received, thank you notes written, baby names you like etc. and it's only about 1 inch thick. Easily fit in my purse for Dr. visits.
I will definitely get another one for my next pregnancy.

If you had a very detailed wedding organizer, this is for you. If you're like me and can jot a few notes down here and there and remember things, you don't need this.

Great resourse to record your precious pregnancy experience. I used this during my first pregnancy too.

I haven't even used this as the formatting is really really bad. The lay out is horrid. It's not a well set out journal by any means. I also have the what to expect book which I'm not a fan of at all. Boring. I also signed up for the what to expect website and was flooded with 'baby spam' from advertisers.

I haven't even used this as the formatting is really really bad. The lay out is horrid. It's not a well set out journal by any means. I also have the what to expect book which I'm not a fan of at all. Boring. I also signed up for the what to expect website and was flooded with 'baby spam' from advertisers.

This book was fun to use! I used it in 2002, while expecting Amanda!

Ruthie

I love all the nice things in this organizer. I've never owned any other pregnancy organizer so I can't make a fair comparision but it works for what I need. I don't really use the journal because the entry spaces are too small but I use them to write down really important things like when I felt the baby first kick etc.

I just became pregnant and when I went to the store to buy What To Expect When You're Expecting, I saw this new book, the What to Expect Pregnancy Journal and Organizer. So I bought it because it looked great. And it is! I used to keep a daily journal and wanted to do one again now that I'm pregnant -- so this book is nice because there's a space to write down something for every day. And if you're at a loss for what to write down, the book even has prompts to help you along. Plus there's a whole childbirth journal that I'm sure will come in handy when I get up to that. There's also an organizer section that has a place to write down probably everything that'll ever come up during pregnancy. I never knew there was so much to keep track of. :-) At least I have this book to help me along. It's really got everything you could possibly need in a pregnancy organizer, so I can't wait to fill it up. And I can't wait to put my ultrasound pics in the pocket -- that's so smart! One other thing, there are great tips along the way for each week of pregnancy so it's like having an abridged version of What to Expect When You're Expecting to carry along with you. Anyway, I love the book so far. And I'm sure I'll love it more throughout my pregnancy

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I live in Ft.Wainwright Alaska and I have searched for this book. I used it 3 years ago with my first one and I loved it. It has room for everything. I look back in it now and I am glad I bought it then. I'll be sure to buy one for every pregnancy.

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