| The body, if you monitor carefully, helps you | | | | all the annoying changes happening within |
| know the moment you are pregnant. The most | | | | your body. |
| common early sign of pregnancy can be | | | | |
| deciphered even before you realize that you | | | | Pregnancy journal brings about a subtle |
| have missed the period or doing a pregnancy | | | | change in your perspective. You view the |
| test on the home pregnancy kit. Pregnancy is | | | | world in a positive manner and respond |
| one of the happiest moments for any woman, a | | | | accordingly. It helps you overcome the |
| moment when she feels blessed and part of | | | | irritability, short temperedness due to |
| creation. She wants to share this joy with | | | | fluctuating hormones. It helps you in |
| her family and friends. What better way can | | | | overcoming low esteem due to heavy body |
| be there for sharing this experience? A | | | | weight and frumpy figure. Pregnancy journal |
| pregnancy journal or a personal diary is the | | | | increases the knowledge of self and helps in |
| best way to record your feelings, experiences | | | | creativity. It simplifies the days, making |
| to share this experience with your near and | | | | you patient and less anxious for the big day |
| dear ones. | | | | |
| | | | Fill up your pregnancy journal with the |
| Your personal pregnancy journal | | | | recordings of the most common earliest |
| | | | pregnancy symptoms such as: |
| Your journal or a diary is the place where | | | | |
| you express and record all the important | | | | Change of basal body temperature through |
| things experienced by you in the course of | | | | ovulation and through the expected date of |
| your pregnancy. It keeps track of all your | | | | next periods. |
| feelings, moments of joys or pain. It is your | | | | |
| best friend, with whom you share your | | | | Light spotting, bleeding and yellowish |
| thoughts, hopes and dreams of the future. It | | | | vaginal discharge. It takes place 4-5 days |
| keeps a record of your day-to-day happenings. | | | | after conception, when the embryo implants |
| You learn more about the world that surrounds | | | | itself to the uterine wall. |
| you; every mundane experience too becomes a | | | | |
| moment of learning. | | | | Frequent urination |
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| If you maintain the pregnancy journal | | | | Fatigue during the early stages of pregnancy |
| consistently, you will learn to get more | | | | as hormone levels change. |
| focused on your condition and getting | | | | |
| comfortable with long wait of nine months | | | | A missed period dates and discovery of the |
| before you get to see and touch your baby. It | | | | first pregnancy. |
| helps you in bonding and developing strong | | | | |
| maternal bonds with the baby, who is still a | | | | All these recordings become archive material |
| mass of cells, gradually taking shape of your | | | | and are a handy help for recognizing signs of |
| dreams. The cheerfulness and brightness that | | | | pregnancy during subsequent pregnancies. It |
| a pregnancy journal manages to generate | | | | is a valuable tool of incredible information |
| becomes contagious with everything and | | | | and feelings experienced in your first |
| everyone. Being happy and enjoying the | | | | pregnancy. |
| moments of pregnancy is the best medicine for | | | | |