The First-Time Mom's Pregnancy Journal: Monthly Checklists, Activities, & Journal Prompts Paperback – July 16, 2019

This book is set up with prompts for each month of pregnancy that include a spot to include a monthly bump photo, simple written answer section to complex thought provoking paragraphs, a detailed check-list, activities that inspire creative responses and thinking, appointment tracker, and an area to write free-style each month. Each trimester also has a spot to include an ultrasound photo as well :)Pros: I adored filling it out each month and loved how unique every prompt and activity was. It did not seem like there were many (if any) duplicate questions during the 9 month journey. There is plenty of space to put your own answers as well, where other books felt very cramped. The set-up for each month was similar (e.g. short answer section, check-list section, activity section, ect.) which made journaling easy and allowed me to skip around the month if I didn't have an answer for the prompt/section yet. There is also a bit of extra space in some of the months where I was able to print off and add extra photos (positive pregnancy test, baby shower, maternity photos, gender reveal, nursery, ect.) to turn it into a fun scrap-book as well.Cons: Some (not many) of the monthly mile-stones are a little ahead of the game for a first time mom (e.g. question about feeling baby movement earlier than 20 weeks, which is the average when first time moms feel it). The final month has many prompts about the laboring process rather than what your experiencing during the final month, which meant waiting till the end of the pregnancy to fill out the prompts (the actives on the other hand could be done anytime during the final month).Over all as a first time mom, I really enjoyed filling out this book and highly recommend it to any other momma's-to-be who love colorful/fun/creative journaling :)

Even when I'm feeling down, and I've struggled in lots of ways this entire pregnancy, this still brings me joy and I love thinking about how far I've come and it's nice to reread things I wrote before because my memory is not all there anymore so I barely remember the first trimester. I was struggling the hardest then. But I want my baby to know she is loved and I think about her all the time and how worth it she is. Worth every little ache, pain, and nightmare. I'm in my 3rd trimester now and though it doesn't have all 40 weeks it has 9 months for you to be specific about. I like most of the questions, it has size comparisons for how baby is growing, and spots for you to put your own pictures and thoughts. The checklists are nice too, for what you should be looking into/doing that month to prepare for baby.Its nice to have extra support and know you're on track to having a healthy beautiful baby. It even reminds you to drink plenty of water on several pages. I really love having it. I think it'll be one more thing in her baby box for her to read and know me better, and know what it was like to be pregnant.

Bought for my sister and she’s so excited to start using this journal. I love that it offers checklists and she found it cute that it gives you baby size comparisons every month. She loves that there’s spaces for her to add ultrasound photos.

Overall a good journal, I would rather have more room to add sonogram pictures and other memories like invitations, hospital wristbands and I could do with out some of the pages waisted on telling mom what to focus on. That will all be irrelevant when we come back and read it later

Bought this for my little sisters baby shower. Side not give it to them when they find out their pregnant it's for 12 weeks pregnant and up. She loved it.

Cute journal with prompts for new time mom's. Offers advice and tips for a successful experience. Has cute places to right down first time memories such a first ultrasound and first craving. Is organized by monthly experiences to keep my mind centered and focused. Great for note keeping too.

As a first time pregnant lady who is knowledgeable in pregnancy and babies, I was worried this would be cheesy and cliché. It isn't at all. It asks about how you're feeling, about your OB/midwife connection and some very real questions. Plus there are some funny quotes. They have places to put your baby bump pictures and ultra sounds as you go. It really is wonderful to write this all down and think about my pregnancy so far.

I’m a first time mom and I added weekly photos of my bump progress to this book, for that it is very handy. The prompts were extremely redundant and I can’t say I had fun filling out “what I’m grateful for” 40 different times. I also don’t understand why the prompts ended at 36 weeks when full term is 37 weeks. In my experience, 38-40 weeks have been the most challenging and most in need of journaling… but whatever. The prompt “author” is very proud of herself and includes her photo and bio multiple times in the book… which I covered with photos of myself and my bump lol. So just ok. I like the size of it but most of the prompts and quotes were a little hokey for me.