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A Birthing Wonder & Co. Edition

This is the version
of pregnancy you
actually deserve.

The Pregnancy Experience Journal — forty weeks, forty hidden invitations sealed beneath shimmering gold. A keepsake she'll live, write, and remember forever.

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Hidden Experiences
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The Pregnancy Experience by Birthing Wonder & Co. — first edition cover
Mother of Five◆
Registered Nurse◆
Ten Years in the Making◆
First Edition · 500 Only◆
Sealed Beneath Gold
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Mamas are holding on to this one.

Real copies, in real hands.

A smiling mama holding The Pregnancy Experience in front of a bookshelf
A mama smiling and holding up her copy of The Pregnancy Experience
A pregnant mama outdoors holding the book and smiling
A mama with curly hair smiling as she holds the book
A mama reading her copy, with the first gold panels already scratched open
A smiling mama holding the hardcover book
An open page spread of the book with gold scratch panels
A woman holding her copy of The Pregnancy Experience in a gift shop
Grandparents holding The Pregnancy Experience and a newborn baby
Two hands holding the cream hardcover cover of The Pregnancy Experience
"

Most pregnancy journals ask you to fill in the blank.
This one helps you remember every week.

— Natalie Ann Garcia, Creator
A look inside
The signature mechanic

Scratch to begin.

Forty hidden invitations sealed beneath real gold foil — one for every week of your pregnancy. Try it.

A SAMPLE PANEL
try it
scratch to reveal
Your forty are sealed.
One for every week of your pregnancy.
None of them appear here — they wait in your copy.

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◆ Drag to scratch ◆
Click and drag your cursor across the gold panel

One page.
One ritual.
One hidden invitation.

Each week begins quietly — with a word about baby, a simple way to nourish yourself, and a gold panel waiting to be scratched open.

Beneath each one is something you can do this week. A photo to take. A letter to write. A hand to trace. A flower to press. A name to whisper for the first time.

By the end, you have forty memories you actually lived — not just survived.

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A weekly ritual

How it works.

I
◯

Open

Turn to your week, dated by your due date

II
◇

Read

A word about baby, a simple way to nourish

III
✦

Scratch

Reveal the week's hidden invitation

IV
❀

Live It

Let the prompt shape one moment of your week

V
♡

Capture

Three gratitudes close each weekly page

Inside the book

A keepsake. Not a workbook.

Every detail chosen so this becomes the book your child holds in their hands one day.

A weekly page from The Pregnancy Experience
Second Trimester · Week 16

growing closer

Baby's muscles are strengthening. You may feel the first flutters soon, like butterfly wings.

Leaf through a few

Every gold panel stays sealed until your copy arrives. Forty weeks, forty hidden experiences, none of them shown here.

i.

Forty weekly experiences

One scratch-off invitation per week, from a whisper at Week 1 to into your arms at Week 40.

ii.

Botanical fruit illustrations

Forty original studies marking baby's size by week — from a whisper to a pumpkin.

iii.

Lay-flat hardcover

Soft-touch matte cover, gold accents, 350 GSM coated paper. Built to be a keepsake.

iv.

The birth story page

One page to write the day you finally met. The story you'll want to read back for years.

v.

Three gratitudes per week

One small ritual that closes every weekly page. One small reminder of what is good.

vi.

The Before & After pages

A prologue for who you were before, an epilogue for who you became. The book that holds both.

The forty weeks

Forty weeks. Forty experiences.

Hover any week to see baby's size and the season it begins — every invitation stays sealed until your copy arrives.

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Natalie Ann Garcia, founder of Birthing Wonder & Co.
Natalie Ann Garcia
RN · Mother of Five
A note from the maker

I built the book I couldn't find.

I'm a registered nurse, a mother of five with our sixth on the way, and I've spent the last decade quietly making this book.

When I was pregnant the first time, I bought three pregnancy journals. None of them survived past the first trimester. They felt like homework. They asked me to fill in blanks instead of show up to my own life.

So I made the one I always wanted. Wise, warm, present. A book that doesn't just track what's happening to your body — it asks you to live the season your child began in.

This is for every mama who has ever opened a pregnancy book and thought, this isn't quite it.

— Natalie
What you're really getting

Forty weeks. One book.

A first-edition keepsake. Here's what's actually inside the $79.

40

Hidden experiences

Sealed behind real gold foil panels, one for every week you carry your baby.

350gsm

Coated art paper

Heavyweight matte interior with lay-flat hardcover binding. Built to last decades.

500

First-edition copies

The very first printing of The Pregnancy Experience. Be one of the first mamas to carry it.

Most pregnancy books cost $25 and end up in a drawer.
This one costs $79 and ends up on your child's bookshelf one day.

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Early notes

From the circle.

Pages and proofs went to the women closest to this work — sisters, friends, mamas carrying babies right now. These are their notes.

"

This is the first that actually feels like mine, and the first I enjoy using. It's the one I want to keep out on display.

M
Mariah
Mother of three
"

The scratch-off made it fun. I wasn't journaling, I was looking forward to what was hidden each week. By week 12 I'd done way more reflecting than in my whole first pregnancy.

A
Alana
First-time mama, 24 weeks
"

As a doula, I've seen so many pregnancy journals and baby books. This is the only one I'd actually gift. It's not just another thing to fill out, it's something she'll actually want to sit with.

R
Rachel
Doula · Birth educator
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The Pregnancy Experience

A Birthing Wonder & Co. keepsake
  • The full hardcover keepsake — Week 1 through delivery
  • 40 hidden weekly experiences, sealed beneath gold
  • 40 botanical fruit illustrations — a whisper to a pumpkin
  • 350 GSM coated paper · lay-flat hardcover binding
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Honest answers

Questions, answered.

Is the book in stock?
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Yes. The first edition is printed and in stock. Order today at $79 (regular retail is $99) with free US shipping, and your card is charged through Stripe at checkout. Your copy ships straight to your door, and we email you a tracking number the moment it is on its way.
When will my copy ship?
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The Pregnancy Experience is printed and in stock, so your order goes straight to fulfillment. We email you a tracking number the moment your copy is on its way. No surprises, no waiting in the dark.
What makes this different from every other pregnancy journal?
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Every other pregnancy journal asks you to fill in blanks. This is the first to use a scratch-off mechanic. 40 hidden invitations sealed beneath gold, one for every week. Some are tender (write a letter to your future self). Some are simple (take a belly photo today, dance for one minute, press a flower). They are designed to make pregnancy a season you remember, not endure.
What if I'm pregnant after a loss? Is this safe for me?
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This is the question Natalie thought about most while building it. As a nurse, she has cared for women in every trimester after loss. The Pregnancy Experience was designed with you in mind. The pace is gentle. Each week's invitation is something you choose to scratch only when you're ready. There are no aggressive milestones, no forced positivity. Just one quiet invitation a week, at your pace. You set the speed of your own becoming.
What is your refund policy?
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Full refund on any order that has not shipped yet. No questions, no hassle. Email birthingwonder@gmail.com and we'll refund your order in full. After your copy has shipped, we accept returns within 14 days of delivery for any unscratched book. If a panel has been opened, the book belongs to that mama's story now, and we'd rather you keep it.
Who built this?
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Natalie Ann Garcia, a registered nurse, mother of five with our sixth on the way, and the founder of Birthing Wonder & Co. The Pregnancy Experience is her first published work, and the most personal thing we've made yet. Every word, every page, every gold panel was thought through with intention, built by a mother who wanted the journal and experience she could never find.
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