Butterflies & Hiccups

A Guided Pregnancy Journal for the New Mom-to-Be

By iParenting Staff

Children love to hear stories about themselves even before they were born when they were hiccupping in Mommy's belly and how much they would kick and make us crave crazy foods.

Nine months pass so quickly and things we think we will remember later on are often lost. It's nice to be able to look back at our experiences during pregnancy and remember the exciting moments we shared with our family and friends.

Butterflies & Hiccups (New Beginnings Production Company, 2002)was conceived by Laurie J. Wing during her two pregnancies when she could not find a comprehensive journal for those who do not like to blank journal-keep.

Butterflies & Hiccups is a guided pregnancy journal that allows you to document everything you experience during your nine months of pregnancy. The questions are designed to elicit thought-provoking responses from the moment you find out you are pregnant up until you bring your baby home. This type of pregnancy journal is not just for the mom- and dad-to-be, but when your baby gets older, Butterflies & Hiccups makes for good story time reading. Kids love to hear stories about themselves, especially when they were hiccupping in their mommy's belly and how much they would kick and make their moms crave crazy foods.

The connection between Mom and Baby begins before a child is even born. How many pregnant women ask their own moms if they felt this way or that way during their pregnancy and how many moms actually remember the details of their pregnancies?

Here are 10 of our favorite journaling prompts from Butterflies & Hiccups

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