India, Aug. 10 -- Nine months of a pregnancy can feel like a haze once the baby arrives. But what if you were writing about and recording the first scan, your anxieties, a food craving, the first kick, the song you kept listening to, the first piece of baby clothing you bought, in a diary? Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who is expecting her first child, is doing just that in a pregnancy journal, as revealed in her August Instagram dump. Experts say it's a helpful way for mothers to document how pregnancy actually feels - physically, emotionally and mentally.

During pregnancy, a woman goes through multiple emotions. Journaling can give those feelings a place to land, explains Dr Avina Gupta, consultant psychiatrist, Kailash Deepak Hospital, Delhi....