Am I the asshole?
Ok, so I've always had issues with my FMIL... She's obsessive over my fiancé, has made very unkind comments about others body appearance ("If she ever gets as big as her family, you shouldn't be with her." - my family has history of health issues with weight...), and even suggesting that I'm manipulative.
We are about halfway through our pregnancy with a complicated life situation right now... Everything seemed fine, but we were informed there was a VERY VERY LOW RISK of Trisomy 18/Edwards Syndrome due to them finding cysts in the babies brain. I asked my fiancé not to say anything, but he's nervous about EVERYTHING right now and let it slip. Well FMIL went batshit and demanded we get a bunch of testing done (previously denied genetic testing, saw a genetic counselor and it was suggested to take, but they explained the cysts were resolving and our risk is not heightened due to familial background or anything). When they test for T18, they also tested for T13 and T21/Down Syndrome... She demanded we test for that PLUS things such as Autism. I work with individuals who have disabilities, so when she made Down Syndrome and Autism sound like a death sentence... I was PISSED to say the least. I, as polite as possible, went off on her. Now she's mad because I'm not worried about things such as Downs/Autism/Cerebral Palsy, etc?
Like this turned from a very low risk of T18 being an issue to a conversation about intellectual and developmental disabilities... She also, mind you, has individuals in the family who have disabilities (including a grandchild) and she had the audacity to make disrespectful commentary ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
I got genetic testing done because we saw the ultrasound report didn't see half the views of the heart, so we got nervous... But I told my fiancé that his mother will no longer find out anything about this baby for the foreseeable future.
Oh and we showed her the limited pictures we got from the last scan... She had the audacity to ask if they were for her? I'm so confused because WHY would I give YOU ultrasounds of MY womb and baby... Like you're not even my mother? It was really wrong the way she said it and how snippy she got when we said they weren't hers.
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