My mum wants me to express so she can have my baby overnight

[Stillmonday]

Firstly my baby is only 6 days old and I can't even contemplate him staying away from me for an hour let alone overnight.

I'm breastfeeding which is really important to me.

My mum today asked what she needs to buy to get him to stay overnight, I said he can't because I'm BF (also I'm not going anywhere so no need to have him stay away from me). She was quite funny with me and told me I'll have to express milk.

She's quite overbearing at times anyway but being a first time mum and still emotional from the highs it all comes with, I've found this really odd.

Is it just me? My baby is a long awaited ivf baby and I'm cherishing every second I fave with this little miracle.

My DH Mum did this. Full on nursery, clothes, bath, etc at her house then spent ages telling me to stop BF. Sleepover never happened and the pressure just made me feel horrific.

@BeautifulPossibilities

This happened to me except it was MIL. It was my birthday 2 weeks after giving birth to DS2 and she bought me and DP a ‘spa day’ and pub gift card, which was nice and I told DP we’d use them later on in the year, but a few days before my birthday we realised the spa day had already been booked (she’d done it purposely of course) and she kept ringing to ask what time I was dropping DS off that night. I felt awful, but ahe made me feel like i had no choice.

I let it happen because i felt so awful about her money going to waste and DP wanted to go as well, and i truly regretted it. Most unrelaxing ‘spa day’ ever. I tried to have a little drink after to take my mind off my baby but that just made it worse and i spent my burthday night crying to my DP about how i missed my baby and that I thought MIL had purposely done it, which got his back up because in his eyes she’d paid alot of money for a treat, which yeah she had but she only bought the gift Day 4 after birth after i said no to sleepovers!

Don’t do it OP its not fair on your baby or you