MIL is already driving me nuts
I haven't even had the baby yet, and already my MIL is annoying me. She lives about 2 hours away, and has been texting my husband every single day asking if I had the baby or if there's any news. (We will update her when I'm in labor, so the daily nag is getting old.) My husband and I had a recent falling out with her on Christmas. She was completely rude to me, and I haven't spoken to her since. We wrote her a letter addressing the issues (our marriage counselor's recommendation) and she never acknowledged it. Prior to this falling out I updated her on every doctors appointment and ultrasound picture. I have since stopped, seeing that we haven't spoken since Christmas. Yesterday, she did her usually "any news!?????" text to my husband and then proceeded to ask him about my doctors appointment. It really irritated me. Why does she think she gets to know about how dilated MY vagina is if she won't even speak to me directly or acknowledge the falling out / letter. I know she is going to drive over here as soon as she hears I'm in labor and absolutely ruin my birth experience. (Even if she's nice that day, the awkwardness alone is enough to ruin my day.)
Another thing to note: the nurses will be asking me about my bleeding, bowel movements, and I'll be trying to learn to breastfeed for the first time after birth. All of these issues are not something I feel even close to comfortable discussing around her. We have an extremely formal relationship, I've never seen her when she wasn't in a dress and pearls and his father in a tie. They won't invite me into their home, we solely met at fancy restaurants for over 2 years. This makes that issue way more awkward for me. Should I ask them to step out every time a nurse comes in?
Am I just being hormonal? Should I just ignore this stuff? I understand she wants to be involved, I'm not looking to shut her out, BUT I find it totally rude she never acknowledged the falling out / letter, and now won't reach out to me when she has a question about MY body.
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