Pregnancy Journal Book: Butterflies & Hiccups

Pregnancy Planner Review by T. Myers for Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal
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I bought Butterflies and Hiccups recently and I was really disappointed when it arrived. I am returning it becuase I really didn’t want to journal my pregnancy (e.g. symptoms, weight gain, etc.) as much as I wanted to have a journal for my future child to read about our life during the pregnancy, feelings about expecting him/her, etc., and our life before him/her.

Pregnancy Planner Review by M. Woodard for Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal
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I wanted a “pregnancy” journal to document key events during my pregnancy and found exactly what I was looking for in Butterflies & Hiccups. Initially, I considered a “daily” journal but in reviewing some of the pregnancy journals online, I was impressed with Butterflies & Hiccups. It is a “monthly” journal, which really turned out to be perfect… daily would have been overkill, especially since there are many days that pass where there’s really nothing to document. This journal has excellent preprinted questions as well a blank page for each month for documenting additional information, perhaps not covered by the preprinted questions. Each month, the journal covers topics such as changes/symptoms, doctor visits, and has a page for placing a photo to track pregnancy progress (and more).

It goes up to nine months then continues on to the “Birth” with a checklist of what to pack in the hospital bag, preprinted birth questions, a photo page for picture with baby, a page for baby info (name, date/time of birth, height/length, etc). It also contains a section to document the Baby Shower. The journal contains a ‘Baby Keepsake’ pocket, perfect for holding ultrasound pictures. There’s also an attached ribbon bookmarker so that you can go straight to the page where you left without having to flip through the journal… and it’s spiral bound. Highly recommended PREGNANCY journal… this is NOT a BABY journal.

Pregnancy Planner Review by Darcy Hoag for Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal
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I am the owner of Baby Gift Store.com and we couldn’t wait to add this wonderful pregnancy journal. I’ve yet to see anything similar and it is absolutely just beautiful.. both design wise and content wise. Butterflies and Hiccups is just full of intelligent and thought provoking questions to fascillitate the journaling of your pregnancy day by day and month by month. I also love that it has a keepsake pocket built into the font cover to hold any kind of little pregnancy momentos such as pictures of your sonograms. And, it doesn’t stop there…it also includes checklists for getting ready for the hospital, tips and suggestions for pregnant moms and places to paste photos. I also love that it is spiral bound to make writing easy. It’s so well thought out and will certainly be a forever keepsake. We can’t recommmend it enough.

Pregnancy Planner Review by for Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal
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This journal is so wonderful. I am 8 weeks into my second pregnancy, and I wish I had this two and a half years ago with my first child. It is broken down by each month, and in addition to the thought starters, there is plenty of room for notes. I’ve learned a couple of things since my first pregnancy (and this journal has places to note the things I didn’t note the first time around), such as exactly when I started wearing maternity clothes. Also, in the extra space I am writing about current events, so that when I look back in a few years I can remember exactly what was going on while I was pregnant. I also love that it has pockets and a place each month to put a photo of my belly, another thing I didn’t think to do the first time around. I can’t wait to fill it out as my pregnancy progresses. I would recommend this book to anybody in any pregnancy. Matter of fact, I wish I had this exact journal the first time around so I could compare notes.

Pregnancy Planner Review by Lori Ramsey for Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal
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No other time in my life has been as special as the times when I was pregnant. Butterflies and Hiccups beautifully illustrates the journey into motherhood, allowing YOU to be the author! Special moments and events can be recorded, safely to be remembered through the years. And what a wonderful gift to give to your baby when they are grown, but to read about your thoughts and feelings during the time they were growing inside of you. Laurie Wing captures the sweet essence of this special time with Butterflies and Hiccups. A must-have book for every mommy-to-be!

i made one for my daughter who is now 6 i did it till she was 4 but still write the odd bits and bats in it basically i started with a little story about my pregnancy how i felt when i found out i was expecting some appointments i went to my scan any names i had chose for a girl or boy what my cravings were what i thought the sex of my baby was going to be what everyone else thought then did a few pages with family members photos writing who everyone was and what relation to my child they was then my labour what i experienced not the gruesome bits ha ha.

How i was feeling throughout labour (my emotions) then a page on the day she was born with her weight eye colour hair colour lenght of her time she was born and the name i had finally chose for her who i thought she looked like who others thought she looked like then her first example first car she rode in home first address the gifts she was bought and who they were from etc then went on to writing a page a month about what she hd done different in that month and adding a photo of her of the age she was that month then extra bits like what was her fave food games when she got her teeth who was her first friends when she was ill and what she was poorly with etc if you make a homemade one you can make it gorgus with different colour paper pens etc i loved doing it for her she is nearly 6 and she love looking through it now have fun there just a few ideas what i can remember off top of my head you can go on forever but its worth it in the end and a 1000 times better than a shop bought journal have fun hunni

I personally would put all the details of your pregnancy and your thoughts, feelings and dreams.

Well I have a journal that I write in and i usually write how I’m feeling and how the doc appointment went or maybe even what I bought for the baby. I also wrote how we told our mothers and when. I also have an online blog for family and friends to read, I usually put in what we bought, when and how we found out, in a week I’m going to put the sex of the baby. Just put things that stick out to you and that will be fun to read later on. Oh yeah you should also include pics!