The What to Expect When You're Expecting Pregnancy Organizer

What to Expect

by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway

Marrying the friendly authority of What to Expect When You're Expecting with the ease-of-use of a daily planner, here is a companion for every stage of pregnancy. It's a complete planner, and includes forms to track medical expenses, checklists to help achieve a healthy diet, easy-to-fill-in personal and family medical history pages, suggested shopping lists for pregnancy wardrobe and layettes. Plus plenty of room to record important questions for the doctor, favorite names, keep a labor and birth diary, and more. With a new design that is compact and Wire-O bound with a spine, the pregnancy organizer can be slipped into a handbag or briefcase, to be carried everywhere for everything worth jotting down. 344,000 copies in print.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Reference

239 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Heidi Murkoff is the co-author of the What to Expect When You're Expecting series of pregnancy guides. She is also the creator of WhatToExpect.com and founder of the What to Expect Project.

Reviews

[Kathrynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this organizer and have one for each of my children! I think it was a neat idea to document each pregnancy exam, how I felt, etc and has already proven to be neat to go back and read through. I think, the information I recorded for each of my children could also be used for their medical history when/if they choose to have children. Loved it!

[Gingeraltoids · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this organizer as a gift, and it has been very helpful. It has spaces for journal entries each day, exercise and food group logs, medical records, and much more. The part I like best is the area for medical visits, where you can log questions for your next visit as you think of them (obviously, this is for non-urgent questions). I find that between the mental fog of pregnancy and the excitement of each prental visit, it's hard to keep track of questions and tidbits of info like my weight and blood pressure. This book makes it very easy to do so, and my husband usually fills out that data and the answers during each visit. It's also great for keeping track of the myriad of tests one gets during pregnancy. This organizer may be too much or a burden (especially for moms with other children) for some moms, but if it suits your personality, I think you will find it helpful. Also, one thing that motivates me to keep writing in it is that a nurse told me she had a pregnancy organizer and her fifteen-year-old daughter really got a kick out of reading it. Seems like a fun keepsake for our baby.

[Astrila · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty good organizer - however it's lacking many sections that I wanted, and I didn't like how some sections were organized. It did have enough note room though to add in the sections myself. Compared to my new one, "My Pregnancy Journal" by Charlotte King, this one is much better.

Update: I've since tried out my other top 3 organizers that I picked out, and I now bought the updated version of this one again. This one is by far the best. The new version also has a bigger journal section, tabs, and 2 holders for DVDs (great for ultrasounds! :) )

[Solarpunkmom · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hated the book What to Expect When You're Expecting. A friend of mine called it "101 Irrational Fears About Pregnancy", and that pretty much sums it up. But I liked the planner. It just organized things nicely, I thought. And has far less fear mongering in it.

[Jems · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had been very helpful to me. But not this time! :)

[Erica Davis-Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite book for a new to be singleton mom

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's organized a little wonky at the back end, but some Post-It flags took care of that problem.

[Deena Scintilla · Rating 1 out of 5]

A commercial success but not much more to say about it. It teaches women to be good little patients who don't ask questions.

[Kera · Rating 2 out of 5]

kind of a waste of money.

[Bethany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this organizer. I used it for the pregnancy of all of my children.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

An adequate, thorough pregnancy book.

[Gwendilyn Love · Rating 2 out of 5]

Makes you paranoid and not totally useful.

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

who has time to fill this out?

[Carolina Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have loved using this during my pregnancy!