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Expecting You: My Pregnancy Journal

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No one creates a journal better than author, Linda Kranz, and she does not disappoint with her latest offering: Expecting You, My Pregnancy Journal. Filled with her signature "thought-starters" the writer will quickly record in the pages her thoughts, feelings and physical changes. Among my favorite "thought-starters" are:

The first time I felt you move was __/__/__. You seem to be the most active during the morning, afternoon, evening or when I lie down for bed. Hiccups, somersaults and other movements you make.

Everyone has dreams. These are mine.

The way I broke the news to your father. His reaction.

Inventions or products you will have as you grow up that my generation did not have.

A few mothers that I admire.

THIS IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE: Here I will trace my hand. I can rest my hands on my stomach and feel you move. When you are a newborn, just home from the hospital, I will trace your hand inside of the tracing of my hand.

Photographer-husband, Klaus Kranz, shot the delightful photos that provides the visual appeal to this journal. My sons have grown and I will eventually be a grandma-ma. My gift to my future daughter-in-laws will be to fill out, "Expecting You, A Pregnancy Journal" so they can share in the birth history of their husbands, my sons.

This is a nice journal, but what I was unhappy with is that it's just a journal, so if you are like me, and not a big writer, this isn't the one for you. I was expecting more of a fill-in type like a baby book, with some space for writing and pictures, but every page is just lined, with a heading, such as "your name". I can't fill a whole page with just stuff about a name! There are no specific spots for keeping up with weight gain, first movements, etc, you just have to write it essay style. She does give great sentence starters, though, to get your thoughts going. Also, there are no specific places for ultrasound or pregnant pictures. So, if you love to journal, this is the book for you, if not, keep looking!

This is a wonderful journal. Every page begins with thought provoking sentences and phrases to help guide and keep you organized. The book is designed to be written by the expectant mother and addressed to the unborn child. Rather than being totally baby oriented, most of the pages deal instead with helping the child get to know the parents better. Some examples are:

"The career I have chosen. Ways that it suits me; Or a career I hope to pursue in the future;"

"My favorite fragrance, color, flower, sound;" and

"Some of my most prized possessions are...."

I am presently five months pregnant. Through this journal, I have for the first time in my life written down many things about myself, and I think my child will enjoy reading it in the future. I certainly wish my mother had kept a similar journal!

I do have a couple of complaints, however. First, I wish the book had page numbers. Without page numbers, I find that I have to leaf through the whole thing to search for a specific section. Second, the book is so provoking that I find I lot more to say than can fit on just one page. As a result, I have taken to composing my responses on the computer. One day, I plan to print everything out and just paste them in or create a separate "answer book" to accompany the journal. On many pages, I also want to include photos but there is little room. I wish the book were spiral bound, so that I could expand it by adding extra pages.

I bought this book only a week or so after I found out I was pregnant. I knew it was the right one as soon as I picked it up in the book store. It has lots of room for writing. There is a phrase on most pages to help your ideas flow. It can be used in chronological order. That is what I liked best. You can log every doctor apt, weight and all of your feelings and thoughts for the present and future. Plus it is purple, my favorite color!! I would reccomend this book to anyone that wants to give their child a true treasure when they are old enough to read and understand it.

So many pregnancy journals out there have very little room to write. They are filled more with facts and medical information, and I already had all that in my pregnancy book the doctor gave me. I searched several bookstores and had almost resigned myself to buying a blank journal, when at last I found this one. It has so much room to write; I love it! And even though I didn't get the journal until 10 weeks into my pregnancy I can still easily fill in nearly all the pages (an added bonus since other journals sometimes are too rigid in their day-by-day notes). I highly recommend this for any parents-to-be. My only wish is that the book was spiral bound...easier to write in. But I may just cut the book apart and comb bind it myself.

When I first found out I was pregnant I wanted to document everything about it...from how I felt to my dr's appts. I started keeping up with it on the computer but it just didn't seem as personal. My mother bought me this book for Christmas this year and I love it!! I hand write it all down so that one day my child can have the book to read and see what was going on at that time. I highly recommend this journal. It would be an excellent shower gift!

This is a must have journal. It is wonderfully put together and helps you invent memories for your little ones for years to come. My only concern is that it wasn't spiral bounded so you could add pictures and so forth. I took mine and got it spiral bounded now I love it even more.

This is the best pregnancy journal I have found! It helps you track the outcome of your doctor appointments, weight gain, month-by-month progress, etc. In addition, and what I enjoy most about this journal, are the pages where you write down daily thoughts, feelings, the history of your own birth/your spouses birth, how you & your spouse met and fell in love, when you told your family the great news and tracking their reactions, space for your spouse to share his/her feelings, etc. So what this journal really does is help you write a 'story' of your life and your pregnancy which will be so much fun to share with your child when they get older. I can't say enough about this journal except to buy it! You won't be disappointed!

This is an excellent journal for preserving your memories of your pregnancy and your life at that time. The book is set up so you are writing to your future child about your pregnancy, your life, your husband's life, careers, family, likes/ dislikes, desires for the future..... It is very thought provoking and sentimental. It is also not hokey (very important to me). Buy the book early in your pregnancy because there are A LOT of pages to write in and you can write about your pregnancy milestones ( first time feeling movement, first time hearing heartbeat etc.)as they happen.

I was looking for a journal that I can record all of my thoughts in so that I can share it with my child, and this is the perfect one! The pages are great! The only drawback is it doesn't have a spot for ultrasound photos, so I had to paste those onto some of the blank pages.