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i remember when i was pregnant everything that came out of her mouth annoyed me and i had to really hold back the internal eye rolls from becoming external. It had nothing to do with what she said either, it was all in the way i was reacting.

@Cherrybee: I remember you talking about this during our last pregnancies. Lol. I totally understand! My mother has been driving me batty and Im trying to be nice but she makes me fiesty. I just want to argue with her. Just choose your battles carefully and focus on the fact that we are hormonal and can get away with more

Yes. I actually blew up at her in front of the entire family about how she needed to mind her own business and what I was saying to my daughter was none of her business. I'm not proud of that but thankfully she's a forgiving woman. I find her mildly annoying already but nothing that deserved treatment like that

Before I was pregnant I had a great relationship with my MIL. After I got pregnant I realized that her lifestyle choices could seriously affect our child. I found her louder, more selfish, and much ruder, as a result. My feelings haven't really changed since then, and LO is almost one, so I probably can't blame it on the hormones anymore, although I'm still breastfeeding, so who knows! I am careful not to let my feelings show, but I do vent to my mom and SIL (it's also her MIL, and she feels the same way, so perhaps it's really not just me!).

Oh yeah! But more the second time around!

Yep. It was almost like a pregnancy aversion. Then it just became a total BEC situation.

@Cherrybee: My MIL lives in a different city, only about 1.5 hours away (not far) and she has made a comment more than once that she's afraid my baby won't know her. This is because her other two grandchildren live literally on the same street as her and she sees them all the time. Btw, my SIL is pregnant also (her 3rd my 1st) and we're due at the same time.

I had to put her in her place and tell her it was ridiculous. I'm terrified she will be in town constantly when the baby is born. It may be really hard if she stays at our house. I'm trying to keep my hopes up but I don't want her to try and tell me how to care for my child.

I remember MIL bossed me around and ordered me to carry a heavy watering can (the big ones) full of water when I was in my 3rd trimester. I was way too nice ...

Oh my lord my MIL was deeply deeply annoying my first pregnancy. Less so but still annoying with baby #2. She wanted to know about every prenatal appointment in detail. I remember threatening my husband that the next time she asked I was going to reply, "Fine thanks, how was your last Pap smear?"

The low point was when she told me at like 30 weeks pregnant, "Your baby is all I think about." I was growing the kid and she wasn't all I thought about!!