"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
I didn't expect to go into labour four weeks early, starting with waters breaking at 3am, and to have a difficult labour. My baby was in the posterior position and I felt most of the pain in my back. I ended up having an epidural after having already had pethidene for pain. The obstetrician had had quite a few drinks too before coming to the hospital. Then my baby was helped out with forceps. But when he was born I absolutely adored the smell, feel and look of him.
ReplyDeleteI did not expect that having someone (obstetrician) break my waters would feel like having my eyeballs branded!! That little gem was left out of all the books, ante-natal class and clearly kept hush by all the women in the world who had given birth before me.
ReplyDeleteWhat was that description again? "Now this might be slightly uncomfortable." UNDERSTATEMENT!
I didn't expect to spend so much time alone - well mentally. With two kids I'm never alone but it often felt like it in those early days. I did expect they would take over my world - but even my idea of that was highly underestimated. Regardless I love being a Mum!
ReplyDeleteBeing my forth baby I didn't expect to have such a sick little boy and most of all I didn't expect my son too be allergic to my breast milk :/
ReplyDeleteI didn't expect to be a mother in my 40's - now I need a rest. Sitting in a cinema, in the dark, alone for 2 whole hours watching a funny movie sounds bliss to me. I may never come out...seriously.
ReplyDeleteI had a very calm and surreal experience. I was 5 days over. My hind waters broke at 3am. Still no pain so went to my ob app at 11. Was told I would be induced as the hospital I was having my child in was relocating on Sunday (this was Friday). After being induced at 2.30 I was very relaxed and found my sciatic pain worse than labour pain. Had my beautiful baby girl at 7.12 and was truly elated to finally meet her. I had no expectations regarding my birth labour or child. And was so lucky as I found my whole experience truly wonderful. I would do it again 10 times over (although realise that all labour/births and children are different )
ReplyDeleteI did not expect to have an emergency cesarean. I did not expect to feel so tired and exhausted that I could have literally fallen asleep standing up. I did not expect that I would feel as if I was the only person in the world pacing the house with a screaming baby at all hours of the night. I did not expect to feel like I had somehow failed my baby by not being able to breastfeed. More importantly though, I did not expect to feel such an overwhelming and powerful sense of love and protection towards my babies that I would move heaven and earth for them and I certainly did not expect to be so lucky as to have three amazing, beautiful & healthy boys.
ReplyDeleteI did expect having a text book birth what i didnt expect my waters breaking at 30 weeks and having to be on strict bedrest for 6 weeks in the hospital then having a baby boy at 36 weeks who had bad breathing problems and ended up staying in hospital for 3 weeks! but now we have a healthy 2 year old baby boy!
ReplyDeleteI did not expect anything! My birth plan was, there was no plan. And so, after a 13 hour labour, I did not expect an emergency caesarean. I also did not expect to fall so deeply in love. Your newborn shows was love at first sight truly is.
ReplyDeleteI certainly wasn't expecting morning sickness (or all day sickness!) to be as awful as it was! I didn't expect to start each day running to the toilet to be sick!
ReplyDeleteYou think you know what to expect after the first- but I didn't expect to go through some anxious weeks after having to have an amnio- right through Christmas.
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