@ismellbooks I feel the same way. I'm not that close with my MIL and she has boundary issues so I'm not looking forward to telling everyone next week.
+2. MIL is so over the top it drives me insane. She will start knitting shit immediately (and still has a box of pink abominations from before we knew DS was a boy). And FIL is beyond inappropriate and will say something completely out of line (the first thing he asked after DS was born 5 weeks early was how breastfeeding was going...not how the baby was or how I felt, he wanted to know about my boobs). I'm getting a headache just thinking about it. Would it be wrong to call them after labor to tell them? Eta- fix typo
As excited as I was to tell my mom about our peanut, I am kind of dreading telling MH's family. I love them, I really do, but they aren't *my* family, and it's more difficult than I thought it'd be to share with them details about the contents of my uterus.
Good for you for saying you love them. Maybe this is my FFFC but I can't say I love my in laws. It's more like I tolerate them. I tried and I really want to have a better relationship with them but the differences in family dynamics between H's family and mine make me feel like we're from different planets...or universes. I can't relate.
@ismellbooks I feel the same way. I'm not that close with my MIL and she has boundary issues so I'm not looking forward to telling everyone next week.
+2. MIL is so over the top it drives me insane. She will start knitting shit immediately (and still has a box of pink abominations from before we knew DS was a boy). And FIL is beyond inappropriate and will say something completely out of line (the first thing he asked after DS was born 5 weeks early was how breastfeeding was going...not how the baby was or how I felt, he wanted to know about my boobs). I'm getting a headache just thinking about it. Would it be wrong to call them after labor to tell them? Eta- fix typo
I'm not telling anyone I'm in labor. Once baby is safely out and I feel we've had a decent amount of time to bond, then I will invite immediate family up. No thank you to family waiting around for hours and popping in, or interrupting bonding time.
I already shared this on the Pregnancy board today, but I will share here too:
I've been having A LOT of sexy lesbian dreams since becoming pregnant! I have them occasionally regardless (especially when I was binge watching "The L Word" on Netflix last winter). But I have them probably 2-3x a week now. DH loves hearing about them.
I guess this is common in pregnancy, as women symbolize nurturing, and pregnant women feel more nurturing?
Post by holidayarmadillo on Sept 4, 2015 20:28:23 GMT -5
I don't have a FFFC that I can think of, but I just wanted to say that the women on my son's BMB made me appreciate my sane, wonderful, stay out of our business, there if we need them ILs. I have heard tons of crazy IL stories. It's like an epidemic.
+2. MIL is so over the top it drives me insane. She will start knitting shit immediately (and still has a box of pink abominations from before we knew DS was a boy). And FIL is beyond inappropriate and will say something completely out of line (the first thing he asked after DS was born 5 weeks early was how breastfeeding was going...not how the baby was or how I felt, he wanted to know about my boobs). I'm getting a headache just thinking about it. Would it be wrong to call them after labor to tell them? Eta- fix typo
I'm not telling anyone I'm in labor. Once baby is safely out and I feel we've had a decent amount of time to bond, then I will invite immediate family up. No thank you to family waiting around for hours and popping in, or interrupting bonding time.
+1 There's a high likelihood both me and baby will be in intensive care for a bit, I don't want people seeing my baby before I do (other than H).
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