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