For my daughter I had an epidural at 8 cm yet my MIL looooves to say shit in front of me like “oh back in my day we had to feel everything you felt nothing!”. Okay so what I got an epidural? I felt everything! I was also with her when I was dilating and she kept telling me I wasn’t going into labor because the pain should be much painful than what I was apparently feeling. Bullshit! The nurses told me if I listened to her I would have given birth at the house.

Next onto baby’s food. I started off with the mindset of wanting to ebf. Baby was born early into the nicu so she had to take formula due to low blood sugar. This in turn gave me a difficult time trying to ebf her and to save my sanity I decided to breastfeed and supplement with formula (I was also going back to work). She keeps making side comments on how I should just breastfeed as if it’s easy! I already ate lactation cookies, oatmeal, water, and pumped after every feeding. I can’t do it with this pregnancy.

Next? My daughters dr appointment. MIL keeps harassing me to make her 2 month appointment when I was in the middle of transitioning her to a new insurance. Things take time. I try to explain to her that she already had her first month appt and everything was good and I’m just waiting for the new insurance to give me my daughhters new dr and medical card. She tells me I need to be a better mom. What the heck lady!

Best thing is that another one of her daughter in law is about to give birth and she’s apparently using me as an example to not do things.

Such as to do a natural birth and to ebf.

This is my first child lady 😒 I’m going to do things my way and I’m not going to spiral into ppd because I didn’t do things right the first time