Happily pregnant, but the in-laws won't be

[VivienneJ]

Congratulations! and so glad the announcement to MIL went so well.

My younger daughter had #1 ten months after the wedding; 18 months between #1, 2 and 3; when she told her in-laws #4 would be born 20 months after #3 the reaction was bad. In her case MIL has 6 children herself; elder SIL has 3 (we think she may be jealous of the bigger family); next SIL is battling to conceive, and we fully understand how that affects their response. I only have 2 children and was over-the-moon with delight at the prospect of a 4th grandchild; my elder daughter is also battling to conceive, and a baby for her will be miraculous; yet, for the longest time she and I were the only ones being joyful at all about the imminent arrival of another baby - so sad that was.

May everyone continue to be joyful about this, and any other babies God sees fit to grant you.

 

[Chantal25]

Update: thank you for all of your prayers and support! My husband recently called his mother to give her the news. He had been stalling a while, trying to think of the exact words and dreading her response. When he finally did call and reach her, her response shocked us. She said “I’m happy if you’re happy.” I wasn’t on the phone to catch her tone, and I can’t say how she may have presumably reacted once she got off of the phone (based on her history), BUT, we took it at face value and are grateful that she did not react negatively (to our faces)

Thank you again for your thoughts and support. I preferred to tell my MIL by many of the suggestions offered here, especially the mail idea, but my husband thought that may have been passive agressive. The baby is doing well and we are almost out o:thumbsup:f the first trimester!

Thank you again!

So glad that all is well. I pray for you to have an easy delivery, all the support that you need and a very healthy and happy baby.

Congratulations!

 

[TheRealJuliane]

Update: thank you for all of your prayers and support! My husband recently called his mother to give her the news. He had been stalling a while, trying to think of the exact words and dreading her response. When he finally did call and reach her, her response shocked us. She said “I’m happy if you’re happy.” I wasn’t on the phone to catch her tone, and I can’t say how she may have presumably reacted once she got off of the phone (based on her history), BUT, we took it at face value and are grateful that she did not react negatively (to our faces)

Thank you again for your thoughts and support. I preferred to tell my MIL by many of the suggestions offered here, especially the mail idea, but my husband thought that may have been passive agressive. The baby is doing well and we are almost out o:thumbsup:f the first trimester!

Thank you again!

Hooray! Sounds like MIL was at least polite about it, it’s a start! :dancing: Glad your hubby decided to face it head-on!

Will look forward to hearing when the baby is born!