After the birth, my mother-in-law burst into the room and began to reproach me for how I was taking care of the child: I had to put her in her place 😨😢
After the birth, the only thing I needed was peace, rest and at least some sleep. But it seems my mother-in-law did not know about this or simply never thought about it. Two or three hours after the birth of my daughter, she burst into the room – with the usual expression of discontent and, of course, with reproaches.
– Why are you lying down here? And who will look after the child? – she hissed discontentedly.
“Does it matter that I just gave birth? Everything hurts,” I answered, barely holding back tears.
— These days, the youth… I also gave birth, but an hour later I was already running back and forth.
“Soon my son will come to see my grandson, and you are lying here like a homeless person,” she continued.
And that was just the beginning. The stream of reproaches seemed endless: that I was “holding the baby incorrectly,” “lying down too much,” “looking tired when I should be glowing.” She pointed out every little thing, interfering with my every gesture.
I listened, clenched my teeth, and rage gradually built up inside me. Childbirth took my strength, but not my dignity. At some point, I just couldn’t take it anymore. And I realized that I needed to put my impudent mother-in-law in her place. I’ll tell you what I did and hope for your support 🤔😲
I listened and listened, and then suddenly I smiled and pressed the button to call the doctor.
When the gynecologist entered the room, I said absolutely seriously:
– Doctor, please examine my mother-in-law. It looks like she’s going to have a baby too. She knows too much about baby care and knows exactly how everything should be.
My husband’s mother froze, and I added with a touch of irony:
– And since she doesn’t have a husband, we can consider a donor. What do you say, Mom? Who do you want more? A boy or a girl?
Silence fell over the room. The doctor could hardly contain his smile, and for the first time in a long time my mother-in-law could not find what to say. For the first time in many years, I felt like a winner.
