Baby Photo Book Ideas

The Three Stages of a Pregnancy Book

There are three different focal areas that can be used for a baby album: pre-delivery, delivery (the whole hospital pre-birth experience), and post delivery. Your baby album could focus on one area or all three, but each area has certain elements that could be included.

Pre-Delivery Pictures start from when you get the big news to when you head for the hospital. If it is your first child, you go from being a married couple to a family during this journey. If it isn’t your first child, you will be preparing the family to accept a new member. Pictures showing this could include:

• Delivering the news to family and friends
• Ultrasound Results (You can either scan the ultrasound or take a picture of it).
• Series of pictures showing the changes in the mother (belly explosion!)
• Preparing the baby's room
• Baby Showers – if you have a big one, it could be a book in itself, but a few pictures would be great in the baby book too.

Delivery Pictures start when labor begins – it is a time when you aren’t in control of timing so you might want to think beforehand what would be good to include. Just remembering to pack the camera is a good start. There will be times that go by so fast that you won’t be able to take pictures. Then there are times that seem to drag by. Discussing ahead of time how much you want photographed is a good idea. During the excitement of the moment some pictures could be snapped that you might not really want. So discuss this beforehand and remember to bring the camera!

Post-Delivery Pictures will be taken by everyone. This is the time from delivery to when you get home and settled. People are visiting and the baby is the star of the show! The first pictures taken of your baby after birth are so important because your baby will not look that way for long. Here are some picture ideas:

• Baby being weighed for the first time
• The three of you – Mom, Dad, and Baby
• The Family
• Hospital visitors
• Hospital staff with your baby – especially if there was a special person on the staff you might want to remember
• Leaving the hospital and going home