Advice on what MIL said

Sounds to me like what she was trying to say was “I saw this thing on the news about a woman who had the most extreme worst case postpartum scenario happen to her, and it got me thinking about your wife and wanted to make sure she has support so she doesn’t struggle” but not necessarily saying you would ever do that. If that makes sense.

I can see why you’re upset AND I don’t think she meant anything by it. This was a really scary thing to have happened and I think a LOT of people are more frightened than they need to be, given how rare postpartum psychosis is. It sounds like honestly she was trying to check in on you, even if this was a weird way to do it

Yes, that’s a weird comment to make right after mentioning you and baby. How’s your relationship with her other than this comment? If this is the only thing, I would try to dismiss it. If there has been other comments, I would think she’s been passive aggressive

I think it’s weird she said something like that too. I honestly don’t know the history or the context of the relationship you have with her. Based on this interaction alone, I would advice against on jumping to conclusions on her intentions here.

Here is what I agree with you. Your husband’s response should have been supportive of you. He doesn’t have to acknowledge whether his mom’s intentions are bad here. He could have just said “I don’t know what she meant, but I understand why that sounded weird to you.” That would have validated your feelings without having to prove his mom’s intent.

This is more of a husband response problem than a MIL problem. Your husband dismissing you is the issue here.

Maybe shes trying to encourage him to make sure you’re OK and help with the baby more without saying it.