Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal (Spiral-bound)

~ Laurie Wing (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A must have for every new mother-to-be! Butterflies & Hiccups is both thought provoking and creative...(more...) -- Kim Balint, IBCLE, ICCE - Owner of Mind, Body & Baby, a Parenting Education and Fitness Studio

A unique and inspiring pregnancy journal that is very well-written and should be extremely helpful to expecting moms--and dads--everywhere! -- Rusty Fischer, author of Thursdays with Dad and editor of Chicken Soup for the Teachers and Preteen's Soul

Finally, a comprehensive journal for moms-to-be! (more...) -- Elisa Ast All, editor-in-chief, Pregnancy magazine

I wish I could prescribe this book to every pregnant woman. (more...) -- Donnica L. Moore, MD - women's health expert as seen on Oprah and NBC's Later Today Show

Laurie Wing's beautifully crafted journal is a lovely guide to help expectant mothers record every detail of pregnancy. (more...) -- Heather Kahn, Parenting Magazine - Host of American Baby Show

Product Description

Butterflies & Hiccups, a 180-page journal, beautifully illustrates the miracle of pregnancy with such grace and charm. Each month contains thought-provoking questions that prompts the new mother-to-be (and father!) to capture the most important moments of pregnancy.

There is plenty of room to record practitioner visits, baby's development, the physical changes and symptoms as well as special circumstances during pregnancy so you can customize your journal to reflect your unique experiences during this exciting time in your life. There is even room to include a picture each month, if desired!

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 180 pages
• Publisher: New Beginnings Production Company; 1 edition (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971893802
• ISBN-13: 978-0971893801
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #731,384 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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122 of 132 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for journaling symptoms of pregnancy only, August 24, 2004

By	T. Myers "Expecting#1" (Worcester, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought Butterflies and Hiccups recently and I was really disappointed when it arrived. I am returning it becuase I really didn't want to journal my pregnancy (e.g. symptoms, weight gain, etc.) as much as I wanted to have a journal for my future child to read about our life during the pregnancy, feelings about expecting him/her, etc., and our life before him/her.

Some of the "thought-provoking" questions in the book, such as "Was the conception of the baby memorable? Why or why not?" I thought might be kind of embarrasing for baby to read.

Most of the questions are just about recording the day-to-day symptoms of pregnancy, doctors appointments, weight gain, etc.
and the questions are standard month-to-month.

There is also not much room to write about any of the questions that are interesting. There is an extra blank space at the end of each month, but it really didn't seem like a lot of room to write beyond the standard questions asked each month.

Again, I really didn't want to document for my child the aches and pains of pregnancy -- whether I got stretch marks and how much weight I gained. I do want to include pictures of how big my belly gets (which is a nice feature that they do have in the book), but don't really want to share so many details about the bodily aspects of preganncy.

I was looking for something that does share some of the highlights of the pregnancy (e.g. when I found out, first movements, ultrasound, etc.), but mostly concentrate on feelings and recording our 'story.'

If you are looking for something that really documents the symptoms of pregnancy, doctor's appointments, etc., perhaps for recalling for subsequent pregnancies, then this book would be perfect for you.
Otherwise, I would keep looking.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Monthly Pregnancy Journal, February 25, 2006

By	M. Woodard - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I wanted a "pregnancy" journal to document key events during my pregnancy and found exactly what I was looking for in Butterflies & Hiccups. Initially, I considered a "daily" journal but in reviewing some of the pregnancy journals online, I was impressed with Butterflies & Hiccups. It is a "monthly" journal, which really turned out to be perfect... daily would have been overkill, especially since there are many days that pass where there's really nothing to document. This journal has excellent preprinted questions as well a blank page for each month for documenting additional information, perhaps not covered by the preprinted questions. Each month, the journal covers topics such as changes/symptoms, doctor visits, and has a page for placing a photo to track pregnancy progress (and more). It goes up to nine months then continues on to the "Birth" with a checklist of what to pack in the hospital bag, preprinted birth questions, a photo page for picture with baby, a page for baby info (name, date/time of birth, height/length, etc). It also contains a section to document the Baby Shower. The journal contains a 'Baby Keepsake' pocket, perfect for holding ultrasound pictures. There's also an attached ribbon bookmarker so that you can go straight to the page where you left without having to flip through the journal... and it's spiral bound. Highly recommended PREGNANCY journal... this is NOT a BABY journal.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must buy! There's nothing out there like this., October 12, 2002

By	Darcy Hoag "blog author of ProsperityHappens.com" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am the owner of Baby Gift Store.com and we couldn't wait to add this wonderful pregnancy journal. I've yet to see anything similar and it is absolutely just beautiful.. both design wise and content wise. Butterflies and Hiccups is just full of intelligent and thought provoking questions to fascillitate the journaling of your pregnancy day by day and month by month. I also love that it has a keepsake pocket built into the font cover to hold any kind of little pregnancy momentos such as pictures of your sonograms. And, it doesn't stop there...it also includes checklists for getting ready for the hospital, tips and suggestions for pregnant moms and places to paste photos. I also love that it is spiral bound to make writing easy. It's so well thought out and will certainly be a forever keepsake. We can't recommmend it enough.