Product Description

Your Personal Pregnancy Companion

A Journal and daily diary to record all those memorable moments in the making of your baby—from the test coming back positive to the first ultrasound. From the first kick to delivery to the first cuddle.

An Organizer to keep track of everything pregnancy: practitioner visits and shopping lists, birthing plans and birth announcements, baby names and baby gifts.

An All-in-One Place to write down everything you’ll want to remember about the most exciting nine months of your life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10613 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 288 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780761142126
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Publisher
Would you like to know what to expect during the first stages of motherhood and parenthood, from pregnancy to the toddler years? To be prepared for whatever may come your way? To be able to compare your baby's progress with the progress of others? If so, the phenomenal WHAT TO EXPECT series should be your indispensable guide. This group of six books has captured the hearts America's top pediatricians--and America's most conscientious parents. With over 14 million volumes in print, this is the series that has been reassuring parents for over ten years. Also available in the series: WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, the landmark bestselling bible for parents-to-be; WHAT TO EXPECT THE FIRST YEAR, the most comprehensive guide to newborn care; WHAT TO EAT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, an easy-to-follow, up-to-date diet plan using a simple system to monitor servings; WHAT TO EXPECT THE TODDLER YEARS, a lively and reassuring guide to years two and there; and QUE SE PUEDE ESPERAR CUNADO SE ESTA ESPERANDO, the Spanish translation of WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING.

From the Back Cover
The all-in-one pregnancy diary.

A place to keep track of doctor appointments, prenatal classes, and diet; record test results and obstetrical history; not baby names, baby needs, and baby gifts; and preserve pregnancy and childbirth memories.

About the Author
Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect® series and author of Eating Well When You're Expecting, The What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer, What to Expect the First Year, The What to Expect Baby-Sitter's Handbook, and the What to Expect Kids series from HarperCollins. Her interactive website is www.whattoexpect.com, and she lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.

Customer Reviews

Could be better, but I still love mine
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...

All you need to get through pregnancy
The previous poster must be reviewing the wrong book or the planner, because this journal and organizer is AMAZING -- and not a calendar.

This has a daily journal that you can fill in, and it has an entire organizer section that includes things like doctor visits and recommendations, a fill in birth plan, exercise and weight gain tracker, place to list all the people to call when you're in labor, a place to write down things to help shopping for baby, and lots more.

I had the old version of this book for my last pregnancy and filled every inch. I just bought this new version for my current pregnancy and can't wait to start filling in this one. A definite five-star!!

love this organizer!
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.