What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer by Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel (With)

• Table of Contents
• Forewords & Introductions

Table of Contents

Forewords & Introductions

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, butthat 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
it can 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