Baby Bump Journal

Your digital pregnancy journal.

Capture your photos, thoughts, feelings and experiences as your pregnancy unfolds, with gentle prompts there when you need them.

Chapters follow your pregnancy’s moments, not a weekly schedule. Add to any of them, any time.

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A$60 gets you the finished Digital Baby Bump Journal — PDF download included.

The Makia app on a phone, open to the Baby Bump Journal prompt "How we found out" with the answer written in
The same "How we found out" entry as a designed journal spread: the written answers on the left page and the couple's finding-out photographs on the right
A pregnant parent holding their finished Makia journal, a linen hardcover with the baby's name embossed on the cover

Optional linen hardcover, printed when you finish your journal.

Starting late

Already 30 weeks along? You’re not too late.

The scans and bump photos you already have are a head start. Add a whole chapter’s photos in one go, then keep going from today.

Some moments won’t wait

One day, you won’t remember exactly what this feels like.

Finding out you’re pregnant. Seeing them on a scan for the first time. Feeling that first little kick. Watching your bump grow. The words you want to tell them before you meet.

Finding out. The first scan. The first little kick. The words you want to tell them before you meet.

The little things that feel ordinary now. One day, they won’t.

A pregnant parent using the journal on a phone, with an ultrasound print on the bed.

And when life gets busy, let it.

  • Miss a week.
  • Miss a month.

Falling behind doesn’t mean starting over. Come back when you’re ready.

  1. A child holding a positive pregnancy test beside their father

    Finding out

    Our family is growing.

  2. A couple hugging beside blue balloons at their gender reveal

    Gender reveal

    Blue balloons everywhere.

  3. Life happened here.

    No streak, warning or catch-up task.

    Time passed and nothing is broken.

  4. Quick Thought

    You always kick at bedtime.

  5. Third-trimester reflection

    How it felt waiting for you.

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Your pregnancy story, together in one place.

Add your photos and a few words, and they become designed journal pages. Keep them as a digital journal and PDF, or add a made-to-order hardcover.

Example journal page with three pregnancy photos of the same mother among trees, by a lake and at sunset

Your photos

laid out as a photo page

Example journal page titled “How did the pregnancy journey feel?”, with a written reflection for each trimester

Your words

set as a written page

Your Baby Bump Journal goes where you go.

Add the photo before it disappears into your camera roll, then capture what it felt like while the memory is still close.

Capture it while it still feels close.

“I was nervous. Then I saw you. You waved your tiny hand at me.”
  1. An ultrasound print of a baby in profile, one tiny hand raised

    The scan you want to keep

  2. The Makia app on a phone, open to the prompt "Photos from during the pregnancy", with the scan added as the first photo

    Add the photo, or a few at once

  3. The Makia app open to the reflection "All about the first scans", with a few lines written about the scan

    Write how it felt, a line is enough

    “I was nervous. Then I saw you. You waved your tiny hand at me.”
4Your journal is already taking shape
The same moment as a finished journal spread: the scan on the left page, and the heading "All about your first scans" above the reflection on the right

Your pregnancy is more than dates and milestones.

Keep the moments, stories and little details that make this pregnancy yours.

Journal page headed “Finding out about me”
Journal page answering how you found out, how you felt and who you told first

Finding out

How you found out, how you felt and who you told first, down to the date, where you were and your boy-or-girl guess.

Journal page with three pregnancy photos of a mother in a blue dress among trees
Journal page with answers about the due date, the first kick and the first thing bought for the baby

Your pregnancy

Pregnancy photos beside your due date and first kick, with pages for ultrasound scans and trimester reflections too.

Journal page with six gender reveal photos, blue balloons rising from a box
Journal page headed “Gender reveal” with the venue, date, gifts and favourite memories beside two more photos

Celebrations

Your gender reveal in photos, with the people, gifts and favourite memories. Your baby shower gets its own pages too.

Journal page headed “We’re always thinking of you”
Journal page of four dated Quick Thoughts, from a craving for oranges to a sleepless night

Quick Thoughts

Dated notes for the small moments, from a craving to a sleepless night. Add one whenever something happens.

Family tree page headed “My immediate family”, with Sarah and Michael above the baby’s scan photo
Family tree page headed “My aunts, uncles & grandparents”, with both sets of grandparents and their children

Your family

Your family tree, from parents to grandparents, aunts and uncles, alongside family memories and how you two met.

Journal page with a letter to the baby that begins “Dear Bubba…”

A letter to baby

A letter in your own words, for them to read one day. The story of who you are, while you wait for them.

So the little things don’t get forgotten.

Makia’s gentle pregnancy journal prompts help you capture the moments and details that are easy to miss.

Answer what matters. Skip what doesn’t.

Some memories need a sentence.

Quick Win Answered

Who was told first

Who we told first about the pregnancy

We told Grandma first.

Reflection In progress

How we felt when we found out

Overwhelmed, excited, and a little scared all at once.

Reflection Skipped

Was there a celebration?

What we did for your gender reveal

You chose not to include this prompt in your journal.

Restore prompt
Quick Thought

Your thoughts…0 / 250

And someone close to you can add their memories too.

Their own login. Their perspective. Part of the same story.

Partner’s entry · All about the first scans“We were nervous but so excited to see you for the first time.”

Sample pages from a Baby Bump Journal.

A sample journal, page by page — the words, photos and scans, and how they sit on each spread.

  1. Journal page titled “Finding out about me”, with a small hand-drawn sun.
  2. Full-page photo of a toddler holding a positive pregnancy test, their dad resting beside them.
  3. Family tree page with round photos of the parents, a big sister and the new baby.
  4. Extended family tree page with photos and names of grandparents, aunts and uncles.
  5. Journal page titled “The pregnancy”, with a small hand-drawn flower.
  6. Three pregnancy photos side by side: a henna-painted bump, an ultrasound with a toddler watching, and a bump selfie.
  7. Baby shower page listing the venue, date, gifts, guests and favourite memories beside two bump photos.
  8. Black-and-white full-page portrait of expecting parents sitting face to face in a hallway.
  9. A two-column letter from the parents to their baby, headed “Dear Makia…”.
  10. The next page is yours.

    Start your Baby Bump Journal today. Capture a little now, catch up whenever you can.

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Real stories

From parents who kept a Makia journal.

Lauren, Emmanuelle and Juliana kept Makia’s First Year Journal after their babies arrived. The Baby Bump Journal works the same way — gentle prompts, your photos, your words — for the months before.

Lauren — completed all 4, for her 2 kids

Emmanuelle — didn't get one of her own. Can't wait to give her daughter hers

Juliana — uses her Makia journal to relive the early days of parenthood

Start free today. Decide what you want to keep later.

Choose how you want to keep your story

Your journal online, with a designed PDF to keep.

A$60

30-day money-back guarantee

  • 14-day free trial · No card needed
  • Gentle prompts and Quick Thoughts
  • Pregnancy photos and ultrasound scans
  • Journal customisation and contributor access
  • Digital access on your supported devices
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Your own photos and words, printed as a designed linen hardcover with your baby’s name embossed.

Pre-order & save

A$214 total

Digital journal
A$60
Hardcover pre-order
Ordered later A$197 A$154 Save A$43

Pre-order: add it when you buy your Digital journal, during your trial or after it. We print your book once you’ve finished your journal.

Ordered later, the linen hardcover is A$197.

30-day money-back guarantee

  • Everything in the Digital Baby Bump Journal
  • A4 (297 × 210 mm)
  • Linen hard cover
  • 6-colour printing
  • Free delivery in Australia & NZ
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Printing, delivery and refunds

Your trial work stays saved.

After 14 days, you can still view what you created. Purchase the Digital Baby Bump Journal to unlock editing and PDF download.

Want to decide on the hardcover later?

Purchase the Digital Baby Bump Journal for A$60 now and add the linen hardcover any time. Pre-ordering it with Digital saves A$43.

Questions before you start

Yes. Start wherever you are. Capture what’s happening now and add earlier memories you still want to keep. If you miss a few weeks, come back when you’re ready. A gap doesn’t mean you need to start again.

No. Answer the prompts that matter to you and skip the ones that don’t. It’s your pregnancy and your story.

Makia includes pregnancy journal prompts covering finding out, first scans, trimester reflections, first kicks, preparing for your baby, gender reveals, baby showers and how you felt while waiting to meet them. There is also space for pregnancy photos, ultrasound scans, a letter to baby, family memories and Quick Thoughts that don’t need to fit into a prompt. For more ideas, read our guide to what to write in a pregnancy journal.

As much or as little as the moment needs. Some entries might be a sentence. Others might become a longer reflection. They don’t all have to look the same.

You can start creating your Baby Bump Journal for free. No card is required, and PDF download isn’t part of the trial. When your trial ends, your journal does not disappear. You can still view what you created, but editing is locked. Purchase the Digital Baby Bump Journal for A$60 to continue editing and download your PDF.

Yes. Makia is a digital pregnancy journal you can access across supported devices, making it easier to capture something while the memory is still fresh.

Yes. Your partner or someone close to you can have their own login and contribute their own memories and perspective.

Yes. Add the photos, ultrasound scans and other images you want to become part of your pregnancy story.

Yes. Preview and customise your Baby Bump Journal as you go. You don’t need to wait until the journal is finished. PDF download is included once you’ve purchased the Digital Baby Bump Journal.

No. Purchase the Digital Baby Bump Journal for A$60 and add the linen hardcover pre-order add-on for A$154 — A$214 total. Or purchase Digital for A$60 and decide about the hardcover later; pre-ordering it with Digital saves A$43. Additional hardcover copies are available if you’d like another for yourself or someone close to you.

Yes. Makia comes with a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. We know you’ll love your Makia journal, but if you don’t, we promise to refund you. Contact us within 30 days of your purchase and tell us why.

A partner's hand resting on a pregnant belly in soft evening sunlight, beside the parent's own hands.

This season only happens once

Your story is already happening.

You don’t have to remember every detail.

You don’t have to fill every page perfectly.

You don’t have to wait until you have more time.

You just have to start.

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