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Does anyone have a mother in law that is just so pushy in your pregnancy mine tries to control my pregnancy and says when the baby’s born I should leave him with her which I’m totally not comfortable with that as I’m planning to breast feed to she expects me to take the baby when he’s born around her house all the time which I wasn’t planing on taking him anywhere till he got his needles but people are welcome to come visit him at my house it’s making me so stressed out and she’s trying to pick his name 😩

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Oh girl yes!!! Feel free to message me anytime you need to vent!! ❤️

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That's a big no from me. Your baby. You pick the name. You decide on who sees him and when they see him. Your guy needs to figure out a way to tell his mom to back off, she's had her kids its your turn now to be a mom. If he can't, then he can't be upset with you for blowing up when the last trimester hormones start kicking in.
Thankfully, you can tell the nurses you want zero visitor's the first day and they will keep everyone away. Even if dad says yes, they go by what you want. I've done it. Don't feel bad doing it.

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Oh gosh! Mine is literally insane.. we went to visit our home town and thought it would be nice. I was having major cravings all I wanted was in & out and she gave me a 3 hour lecture on how just cause I was craving something I wasn’t allowed eat it because my body wasn’t mine anymore... she made it sound like I was about to go do some hard drugs! I just wanted French fries! 😂

She wants to be there for birth and thinks she has all these rights, she doesn’t. You do! You get to decide and if she doesn’t like the answer no then that’s her own fault. It’s your baby, you know what’s best.

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Oh yes! My mother in law is super pushy! She doesnt even want me to vaccinate my daughter! She believes vaccines are bad and she has made it known she is going to make my life cruddy! Her son, my husband wasn't vaccinated until he was 18!! His sister just turned 18 and got all of her cause she said she was an adult and could do what she wants. So I tottally understand that my husband and I talked and have set limits maybe something to discuss with your significant other!

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Your baby, your choices, don't let anyone pressure you into changing your mind. Babies are extremely sensitive to bad germs and the risk is not worth your time. Plus you and baby need to bond and relax. She can wait!

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I have never dealt with an overbearing mother in law. I am very strong willed and I'm caring the child so I decided everything just make it known that you make the decisions and that's it. I know it's hard but you dont need the stress on you right now.

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I just had a doctors appointment and I’m 34 weeks on Saturday but baby is measuring at full term already so she said I need a ultrasound to see how developed his lungs and everything is cause I might have him at 36 weeks or 37 weeks and have to plan a day I can’t wait till she try’s to tell me what day to have him on 😂

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Thankfully my mother in law wasn’t very pushy when i was pregnant but now that my daughter is here she sometimes tries to make decisions that aren’t hers to make. And i know the following example will seem like a small thing BUT it’s the principle of the matter. When we bathed my daughter for the first time we used a shampoo that my mother in law bought...it smells delicious and worked fine. Well a couple days later my mother in law noticed some baby acne on my daughter which our doctor said is normal and common in newborns and she randomly says i think it was the shampoo she must have sensitive skin we are going to try a different shampoo. There was no hey mother of Charlize are you ok with me changing the shampoo? Now i don’t think my daughter has overly sensitive skin but i also don’t want to constantly change the different things we use on her if it works then there’s no need to change but IF there was a need to change anything in my daughter’s routine that is mine and my husbands decision to make

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Don’t ever let anyone stand over your rules you put in place you are the mother so you have the right in saying no when your not comfortable with something. Good luck mumma I know it can be daunting when you have others trying to stand over.

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Omg can so totally relate hun. Msg me anytime xxx

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