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Expectations:Best Kept Secrets Every Mother Knows

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This is an absolute must for every new mom. Best shower present!

I bought this book for a friend, but ended up keeping it because it is so sweet! I have now purchased three more for my new-mom friends. As a brand-new mom myself, I found this to be a wonderful little book that really made me chuckle and touched my heart. This is a beautiful little book for a very special time in a woman's life.

You have pitched in for the baby stroller and you want to get just a little something extra - this is it!! Funny, insightful and fantastic illustrations. Highly recommended.

While the items about baby weight, never having time to yourself, constant messes, and several other points are valid, the points about husbands are not.

As as involved, caring, supportive father of 3, frankly I find the books insinuations about fathers and husbands being lazy and clueless to be offensive.

My wife just got this book given to her and it has done nothing but depress her. It basically paints a picture of life with a baby as one where the woman's life is over. Rather than being uplifting or humorous as it might be for a woman having a second child or having been through pregnancy, this book is completely upsetting and terrifying for a first-time Mom. It paints a picture of a woman who is unable to lose baby weight, who gets no support from her male partner and unable to have sex. These might be average responses, but they tell a stereotypical outcome. For my wife, it did nothing but bring her down at time when she's already struggling with her emotions and expectations. I would say that to give this to a first time Mom is to be cruel.

This is perfect for every new mother. it is a great gift item