Pregnancy is one of the most exciting, terrifying, and rewarding periods of a woman’s life. During these nine wonderful months, you will grow your inextricable bond with your baby, plan and prepare for their arrival, and you will live through some life-changing moments. These moments are definitely something you don’t want to forget, and you want to perfect and preserve your memories for years and decades to come. One day, when your child is old enough to understand them, you will be glad to share your memories with them and convey your experiences.
But to be able to do that, you first need to find ways to create lasting memories throughout your pregnancy. You not only want to remember the best moments, but you also want to preserve them in a fun and engaging way. That’s why today we are going to take a look at some creative and handy tips that will make it easy and fun to preserve these memories and enjoy your pregnancy as much as possible.
Get creative with your photography
Taking some amazing pics of yourself and your loved ones is one of the best ways to create lasting memories of your pregnancy, but simply taking photos is not really the best way to have fun. Sure, you could all just stand in front of the camera and take an occasional picture together, but that can get boring after a while. What you want is to spice things up by playing around with light, angles, and silhouettes.
Consider changing the perspective and take some pics from the top-down angle, like you are looking down at your belly. This can also turn into a fun little series, or a collage, where you will record how your belly is changing from this perspective every month. You can also take an occasional silhouette shot to get that perfect bump silhouette that will give your photos an amazing artistic touch.
Record your day to day transition
There are many ways you can record this process and preserve some wonderful memories, and one of the best ways would be to create a selfie series or a video reel. For example, you can take a selfie in the mirror from the side every single day, and then put it all in a beautiful collage or a video that you can send to your loved ones when the baby is born, and keep for yourself.
This is one of the best ways to give yourself a daily boost as well, but it’s probably the best way to remember the entire process from start to finish. Because you’re snapping a pic every day, there’s no way that you’ll forget anything – especially if you make these daily photos more interesting by photographing yourself doing different things like yoga, traveling, cuddling with your significant other, and more.
Use a mommy app to store your memories
We live in a tech-driven age, so why not use technology to your advantage when you’re looking for ways to keep the memory of your pregnancy alive? You probably already use various apps to maintain a healthy schedule and simplify your daily routine, so a great idea would be to try out a baby development app as well that will help you create various photo and video albums, easily share them with your friends, and log all other memories on there with ease.
Now that we are using our smartphones throughout the day and are rarely leaving the room without it, there’s no better way to preserve wonderful moments in real time than with your smartphone. You can also use the app to connect with other moms and moms-to-be for advice and suggestions on how to make your pregnancy more memorable and rewarding.
Set up an email for your baby to be
Speaking of technology, it might sound a bit weird at first, but you should consider setting up an email address for your future baby. This way, your friends and family members will be able to send photos, videos, and their favorite anecdotes directly to the email address, forever keeping them from being lost. When you think about it, this is a handy way to ensure all the memories that other people have of you and your pregnancy are kept safe, and it definitely takes the stress out of the whole thing. In a few years, you’ll even be able to share all of those stories with your child.
Get your own pregnancy journal
There are many things that first-time moms need in their lives, but expecting mothers definitely need a pregnancy journal. You can also use an app for this, but if you prefer to write stuff down, you can get a pregnancy journal that has everything you need to log your experiences, important dates, and even put in some photographs of those special moments. Just make sure to tend to your journaling on a daily basis, otherwise you’re going to regret not jotting down your memories every single day.
Over to you
No matter how much you believe that you’ll remember every waking moment, we all tend to forget things given enough time. Don’t let yourself forget one of the most transformative periods of your life, instead, use these handy little tips to create lasting memories of your pregnancy.
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