| Nine months of pregnancy seems an eternity when | | | | makes for a touching moment. And your partners |
| you get that little pink positive on the test stick. In this | | | | hands on your belly, speak love. Of course, studio |
| day and age, we no longer have to wait until we start | | | | pictures are best towards the end of pregnancy, but |
| having symptoms of pregnancy, which can start as | | | | don't wait too long either!Some studios specialize in |
| late as 8 or 10 weeks for some. Instead, we have | | | | pregnancy and newborn pictures - check your phone |
| pregnancy tests that will determine a positive just days | | | | book or ask around.Belly Cast ItBelly Cast, or Belly |
| after conception. This can make the pregnancy | | | | Mask, has become a popular method of preserving |
| journey seem even longer!While you are growing, | | | | pregnant bellies. Belly Cast kits are inexpensive and |
| suffering morning sickness and anxiously awaiting the | | | | easy to find, particularly online. They are easy to do, |
| new addition to the family, here are a few ways to | | | | but don't try to do a belly cast yourself! You will |
| memorialize your pregnancy; both for yourself and to | | | | definitely need another set of hand and sometimes an |
| pass along to the child in the future.Write ItIf you don't | | | | extra set is helpful. No baby belly inhibitions? Make a |
| already, now is a great time to take up journaling. A | | | | party of it! Invite your girlfriends over for some messy |
| hardback journal to write would give you the option of | | | | fun. In the end, you have a plaster cast of your belly to |
| writing any time, while eating breakfast, in bed, or in a | | | | decorate, hang on the wall or sit on a shelf.Decorated |
| waiting room. Picking out the book could be a special in | | | | BellyWomen are becoming more willing to bare their |
| itself, as you will be picking something that touches you. | | | | pregnant bellies. Decorating your baby belly is a fun |
| If your penmenship is not something you particularly | | | | way to show it off. Wear it around the house, or out in |
| want to share, journaling online offers a wide variety | | | | public. Make a party of it, or do it yourself. But don't |
| of options. Generally called "blogging", a web log has | | | | forget to take pictures!Semi-permanant belly |
| been a popular method of writing thoughts, opinions | | | | decoration - Henna is a type of skin dye that will |
| and sharing knowledge with others. There are many | | | | essentially "stain" the skin, essentially, a non-permanant |
| blog communities, each offering different perks. Some | | | | tattoo. Women have been using henna for years and |
| provide private post options, so your posts are | | | | years. Henna kits are widely available. A simple design |
| viewable to the general public, only to those you allow. | | | | or something elaborate - it's all up to you! Do be |
| Some allow categories, giving you the option of writing | | | | careful in the sun with a henna'd baby belly. Your skin |
| about things other than just your pregnancy. Others still, | | | | may tan and when the henna wears off in a week or |
| are aimed just at moms or pregnant moms. Take a | | | | more, you may end up with a reversed belly |
| look around and find one that has a good feel for | | | | tattoo.Paint it and wash it - Skin safe paints are a |
| you.Pregnant Belly, Say CheeseTake monthy pregnant | | | | great just for fun project to do with siblings. Get into |
| belly pictures. Start at the beginning, or as soon as you | | | | some comfy clothes, get a glass of water, juice or |
| are able. There may not be much of a baby belly at 8 | | | | your pregnancy tea and sit back. Let the kids paint. |
| weeks along, but when you have a whole pregnancy | | | | Don't forget to Take Pictures!Belly PillowWhew! The |
| worth of belly shots, you'll have fun looking at where | | | | pregnancy is over, or close to it. Grab your favorite |
| you started and where you ended!Some tips for taking | | | | maternity top, your sewing machine and some good |
| monthy belly pictures: Be consistent. Stand the same | | | | stuffing. Sew that shirt into a pillow; square, round, or |
| way, by the same wall or door (or similar). Wear similar | | | | just sew up all the openings and leave it full size! This is |
| clothing (like a pair of sweatpants that you can wear | | | | a great momento to pass along to the baby. Do it for |
| almost throughout). Show bare belly, or wear a shirt - | | | | each pregnancy and each child will have their very |
| or do one of each every time. The more consistent | | | | own "moms favorite maternity shirt pillow".Regardless |
| you are, the more obvious the pregnancy changes | | | | of how much you do to memorialize your pregnancy, |
| when looking back.Studio PicturesYou've got the digital | | | | enjoy as much of it as you are able to. Those nine |
| camera taking your own pregnant belly pictures, but a | | | | months, though they seem long while you are counting |
| professional photogragher will make some beautiful | | | | the days, when looking back, it's just a snippet in |
| pictures for your baby belly book. Consider including | | | | time.---Judi Cox is a work at home mom living in the |
| siblings, if any, your partner, and take pregnancy | | | | Ohio Valley with her husband and 4 children. Judi's |
| pictures that aren't so "traditional". Strip down and wrap | | | | current online interests include working on two of her |
| up in white robe, or guaze - with a dark background, | | | | websites Mom's Little Garden and Momma Muse. |
| this is beautiful. Siblings touching or kissing baby belly | | | | |