What to Expect Pregnancy Journal and Organizer: The All-in-One Pregnancy Diary

by Heidi Murkoff

Overview

With over 1 million copies in print, the What to Expect Pregnancy Journal and Organizer is the bestselling and hardest-working gift for every expectant parent.

An all-in-one write-in book, filled with prompts, it works as a journal and daily diary to record all those memorable moments, from that positive pregnancy test to those precious ultrasounds, first kick to first contraction to first cuddle. It’s also an organizer, compact enough to toss in your bag, to keep track of provider visits, questions you want to ask the doctor, shopping lists, medications, birthing plans, and so much more. And, finally, it’s a cherished place to write down everything you’ll want to remember about these extraordinary nine months and, after baby arrives, the highs and lows of your “fourth trimester.”

Elegantly designed with a removable O-band around the front cover that makes the diary more personal once you start using it, the What to Expect Pregnancy Journal and Organizer is a daily companion to help every expectant mom keep track of it all and a natural companion to What to Expect When You’re Expecting, America’s pregnancy bible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781523518043
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/11/2023
Series:	What to Expect
Edition description:	Second Edition, Revised
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	35,847
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Heidi Murkoff is the author of the world’s bestselling What to Expect® series of pregnancy and parenting books, with over 43 million copies in print in 44 languages.  She is also the creator of WhatToExpect.com and the WhatToExpect app, a community of 20 million parents, and the face of the app’s week-by-week pregnancy and first year videos. Using the power of the WTE platforms, Heidi works closely with the CDC, HHS, AAP and other public health organizations to share vital messages about maternal and infant health and safety. Her passionate commitment to the wellbeing of all moms and babies led her to found the What to Expect Project (WTEP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that every mom receives the empowering information and nurturing support she needs to deliver a healthy pregnancy, safe delivery, and healthy future to herself and the baby she loves. Along with the WTEP, Heidi advocates actively in Congress for legislation and policies supporting expecting and new moms and families, including military families. Since 2013, she has hosted close to 300 Special Delivery baby showers for tens of thousands of military moms and dads serving far from family and friends at bases around the world. In 2022, she and her husband Erik received the Elizabeth and Zachary Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award for their support of military families.

Visit Heidi on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @HeidiMurkoff and @WhattoExpect.
 
 

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Place for Everything

Part One: My Pregnancy Journal
The First Month
The Second Month
The Third Month
The Fourth Month
The Fifth Month
The Sixth Month
The Seventh Month
My Bed Rest Mini Journal
The Eighth Month
The Ninth Month
Weeks 41 to 42

Part Two: My Childbirth Journal
I’m in Prelabor
I’m in Labor
My Contraction Record
My Labor and Delivery Journal
Labor Memories
My Baby is Born!
Meet My Baby
Fabulous Firsts
My Hospital/Birthing Center Stay
We’re Going Home
Those First Postpartum Days

Part Three: My Pregnancy Organizer
My Prenatal Care Notes
My Health HistoryChoosing a PractitionerPractitioner’s RecommendationsPrenatal TestsPractitioner VisitsPregnancy Medical Finances

Pregnancy Trackers
Exercise TrackerDiet TrackerWeight Gain TrackerBaby Movement Tracker

Getting Ready for Labor and Delivery
Childbirth Education ClassesVisiting the Hospital or Birthing CenterMy Birth PlanChoosing a Birth DoulaPacking My BagWho to Call When Labor BeginsWho to Call After Delivery

Getting Ready for Baby
Choosing Baby’s NameBaby GearComparison ShoppingDecorating the NurseryBaby RegistryMy Baby ShowerBirth Announcement ListChoosing a PediatricianChoosing a Baby Nurse or Postpartum Doula
After the Baby is Born
Postpartum Care InstructionsBaby Care InstructionsBaby GiftsSpecial CelebrationsBefore My Six-Week CheckupMy Six-Week Checkup

Introduction

Are you the sentimental sort (and even if you aren't usually, you might be once those hormones start raging)? Or the practical type (and now that you're expecting, you'll have to be--what with all those to-do lists that need doing)? Are you eager to record those special moments you'll never want to forget, from where you were when you found out you were pregnant, to what you were doing when those first contractions hit, to how you felt the first time you cuddled your newborn? Determined to document every detail of your pregnancy and delivery--the symptoms, the test results, the advice your practitioner gave you? Looking for a place to keep track of all your baby business, from childbirth education class notes to practitioner call hours, from medical finances to the layette you'd like to get?

Here's the book that will help you do it all. The What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer is the all-in-one place to write down everything you'll need (and want) to remember about your 40 weeks of baby making.

The first two parts are daily journals--a place for jotting down your feelings, noting your symptoms, chronicling your daily expectant life (and venting about it, too!). And for milestones (Baby's first hiccups! The day your belly button popped!) and memories ("I ate pickle-and-jelly sandwiches every day for three weeks." "Our pet name for baby was 'Pee-Wee.'") Filled out, it'll be a fun keepsake to look back on--a snapshot of 40 amazing weeks that'll be over in a flash, but that you'll always be able to treasure.

The last part is an organizer--a place, well, to keep things organized. Creating (and having) a baby is a miracle, for sure, but itcan also be a logistical challenge. Make that many logistical challenges. With so many little details that'll demand your attention (Appointments! Test results!), so many decisions that need making (Baby names! Baby cribs!), so many lists that need checking and questions that need asking and celebrations that need planning and thank-you notes that need writing and . . . you get the idea. Log it all in the practical pages of the organizer.

Maybe you'll find the journals are where you spend most of your filling-in hours, maybe you'll live in (and by) the organizer, maybe you'll divide your time--flipping back and forth to cover all your expectant bases. Either way, enjoy keeping track, keeping up, and keeping it all together while you're expecting! May all your greatest expectations come true! --Heidi