What to expect when you're expecting.

I am so excited to give everyone the opportunity to go to the movies and see
"What to expect when you're expecting."  I have seen it (first adult movie at the cinema's since kids) It was amazing.  I have even mentioned to friends that it could be the best movie I have seen.
As a mum, I could relate to so many scenario's through  my own life, friends or family.  I cried on at least 4 occasions and laughed out loud more than 5 times.  To me this is an awesome movie. 

Thanks to Roadshow films I have 10 double passes to giveaway.  To see this movie all you have to do is tell us what you expected or didn't expect when you where expecting at the bottom of this post.

I know what I was expecting wasn't reality.  I expected to have a 'normal' pregnancy, give birth (just like the books say) come home with a baby who breast fed, played and slept. (just like the books say) 

Starting with my pregnancy I did not expect to lie on my back in hospital for 2 months trying to keep baby in.  I didn't expect to change so many nappies.  I didn't expect to sit up all night with a sick baby (several times) I didn't expect to walk out of the house with baby spew on me and not care.  I didn't expect to cry just because and I didn't expect that I would ever feel so guilty for everything I did.

Please share what you expected or what you didn't expect.   

{one entry per person. Open to Australian residents only. 10 winners will be selected using http://www.ramdom.org/.  Winners will be notified by email.  Competition opens Wednesday 30th May and closes Wednesday 6th June 2012 @midnight EST}

Based on the 16 million copy best-selling book, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING is an ensemble romantic-comedy in the vein of LOVE ACTUALLY and VALENTINE’S DAY.

The film is a modern look at love through the eyes of four interconnected couples experiencing the thrills and surprises of having a baby, and ultimately coming to understand the universal truth that no matter what you plan for, life doesn’t always deliver what’s expected.

In cinemas May 31

What I learnt this week, don't judge a book by its cover.

I have learnt and gently reminded not to judge a book by it's cover.

As a new school mum I am meeting so many new woman. When I first started I felt like I was a new kid starting school, new faces, new communications and so many new people to meet.

We all do it, some say human nature. We look at someone and make a judgement on how and what that person does.

I have done it for many years in my professional career making assessment and producing reports based on my educated assessment. I have it down pat in a professional setting but the school yard it's very different. 

There are mums running in trakies, mums with manicured hair, mums on there way to work and mums on there way to the gym. There are mums with full make up and mums with tired eyes and pony tails.

There are mums that look like they have it all together and mums who look exhausted. But really you will never know how she is feeling. What her morning was like, what day she has ahead until you get to know her. She may look like she is coping but really, although life is getting really hard.

Don't think she is coping because her hair is done and her make up is perfect. She's a mum with stresses, worries and pressure. Don't judge a book by it's cover.