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Blogging the Baby

Keeping an Online Journal during Pregnancy and Beyond

By Kelly Burgess

Even politicians, taking notice of the way Howard Dean was able to jump start his presidential campaign, have started using blogs as a way to get their message out – undiluted by media scrutiny.

But blogs are primarily used by people to keep a running commentary of their day-to-day lives. It's a journal, yes, but one that isn't hidden under the pillow or with a little lock on the pages. In fact, diary writers for sites such as iParenting's Pregnancy Today are merely writers of blogs that are supported by a particular Web site.

And most blogs do come off more diary-like than anything. McCall's is filled with the minutiae of life as a pregnant woman, from the funny (her son's reaction to finding out he was having a little sister) to the mundane (her blood pressure after each appointment).

But while McCall sticks primarily to the subject of her pregnancy, others, like Anita Blanchard of Charlotte, N.C., use their blogs for a variety of subjects and often include information that has value to the readers, such as her reviews of birthing books and a treatise on the squash vine borer, a gardenpest.

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• Butterflies and Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal for the Mom-to-be
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