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to be be miffed at dh regarding ils

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NameChangedJustInCase · 10/04/2012 20:31

ok, Iv gone back to the name change in case iabu. This is not about bashing my ILS or DH. I get on perfectly well with them, they are lovely.

I joined mumsnet when i first became pregnant (so just over a year ago) and after reading a few threads on here, i decided to have a big conversation with dh about what was and what was not acceptable to do when baby finally got here ie, birth and just after. I said that if possible i would want my sister and him to be my birth partner but i did not want ANY visitors in the hospital other than the two of them, which he said was alright (he wanted to have his mum and other family members come to the hospital but i said i would not be comfortable with that, he wasn't that happy but accepted it was my decision ) i also made very very clear that i did not want any family to visit for the first few days of being out of hospital, i wanted to slob about in my dressing gown with my boobs out comfortably trying to get breastfeeding established, trying to bond as a family with our new baby, resting when baby was resting. I didn't want to be running back and forth from the bedroom feeding dd, i explained all my reasons why i didn't want family there and made it very clear to him how uncomfortable it would make me feel. we argued a bit about it, he couldn't see why i would be ok for my dsis to be there and not his mum, because it was his baby as well ect but in the end he agreed that he would tell them no visitors for a few days til we got settled.

All good. Anyway, a couple of weeks later after an extremely long and traumatic labour i wake up to hear that dh had spoke to mil and told here that she (and the rest of the family) could come over. he told me that they would either be there that day (of me giving birth) or the next day as they were all excited and couldn't wait to celebrate and meet dd. i was upset, exhausted and defeated so i told him hed really let me down by doing this behind my back (whilst i was sleeping) but just went along with it. I had to go home, deal with this tiny new little person, tidy the house (i know i should have just left it but i really cant do that) when i just wanted to take things at my own pace.

I Know that dh loves me and he didn't do it maliciously or anything (he just got caught up and excited) but I still cant get it out of my mind. i have brought it up with him since but he says (quite rightly) that there is nothing we can do about it now,so i need to just let it go. aibu to still be seething about this months later and actually get the urge to slap him in the face when i think about how vulnerable i felt at the time? AM I????

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Eglu · 10/04/2012 20:33

YANBU for being annoyed at the time, however YABU for still being annoyed now, unless he has continued to do things like this since.

pictish · 10/04/2012 20:35

Well ok, I don't think he should have gone against your wishes like that.

BUT

They are not allowed to visit the new baby in hospital, and they are not allowed to visit the new baby when you get home either. Bit harsh.
You could've found half an hour for your ils to meet their grandchild briefly, before ushering them out again. he wants to share his child with his family and that is to be expected.

Put it behind you and move on. x

Bogeyface · 10/04/2012 20:35

Yes. sorry.

He was right, it is his baby too and he was excited and wanted to share the news. Tbh I think you were U to say that no one could visit for a few days, and U to expect him to stick with it in the excitement of the birth. You were NU to ask them not to come to the hospital and he didnt have them there did he?

You really do need to let this go. to be "seething" over it after all this time and want to physically attack him is a massive over reaction.

loubielou31 · 10/04/2012 20:36

Yanbu but you still need to get over it. AND stamp out any more of thins kind of behaviour now. Grin

ifeelloved · 10/04/2012 20:36

Whilst I can see why you're upset, I think you were totally unreasonable in your initial demands.

How would you feel if your sons wife/girlfriend said that you weren't welcome to come see your grandchild for a week (or even a few days)?

If you had major problems with your in laws then I could understand. If your dh wanted his mum there during labour than I would understand, but this was once the baby has arrived and it is his baby too.

I think you need to talk to your dh and let him know that you feel let down but that you were unreasonable to begin with and then move on. Is this worth splitting up over cos that's what could happen.

themildmanneredjanitor · 10/04/2012 20:38

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curiositykitten · 10/04/2012 20:42

Yes YABU, but you know that already.

welliesandpyjamas · 10/04/2012 20:42

I think the nicest thing would have been to agree to let your baby's family meet her for the first time as soon as realistically possible (can you just imagine the absolute joy of meeting your daughter's first child? Sob!) but compromise on it being a short visit, not hanging around all day.

NameChangedJustInCase · 10/04/2012 20:43

He is a lovely man, i love him to bits but he will get in a bit shirty when it comes to the ils such as he wouldn't want me bf in front of them (in a restaurant or even at home) as he is worried it will make them uncomfortable. little things like that just drag it up. its like he will put their feelings ahead of mine. he is such a lovely supportive bloke in most other ways though

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hathorinareddress · 10/04/2012 20:44

YABU they're his family.

How is OK that your family are allowed and his weren't?

elvisaintdead · 10/04/2012 20:46

Sorry but I think you were u to ban them from the hospital AND the house. You had a baby, women have been doing it for thousands of years. I get that in an ideal world you want to keep the baby to yourself and wanting that is normal and fine but INSISTING on it? It is your husbands baby too and you should have decided together about visiting schedules. I think it's great that his family are so excited and you the bigger support network your child has the better surely? I don't blame them for letting them come, if I were him I would be hoping that once things had settled down YOU would be apologising to me for making such a drama about such a non issue as grandparents wanting to see their new granchild. Jeez, whatever next! Hmm

Fifivisage · 10/04/2012 20:46

I think you were unreasonable at the time too for all the reasons stated by other posters. Your baby is not a possession but a member of a large (and by the sounds of it loving) family. You don't mention your own parents in this and I wonder if that has something to do with it, not that that is my business. But it is unusual not to allow grand parents to see their grandchild after it has been born if only for a short visit.

That said you need to let this go as it is not doing you any good to be feeling so angry, you need to relax and enjoy your baby and let go of this resentment.

Kayano · 10/04/2012 20:46

I would have said yanbu if it wasn't for your sister and it is his baby too

I understand about having full control over delivery room and labour but to ban all visitors from his side while having your sister there is IMO unreasonable

And your still seething? I would forget it.

NameChangedJustInCase · 10/04/2012 20:49

ok glad i name changed! i will accept that iabu but i will not tell dh that! Grin

i just hate that it was all just put upon me like that... Aaaggghhhh, im still getting angry about thinking about it! prahaps i do have ishoooooos. more than possible i suppose! ok then, seeing as im always doing what mumsnet tells me i guess i cant go back now, damn it. Thanks then

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attheendoftheday · 10/04/2012 20:51

Sorry, I think you were being unreasonable in your initial demands too, your dp has the right to invite his dm to his house to see his dc.

Are you sure you aren't focusing on this in incident when you're really upset about the birth being difficult or not going to plan? That's a very common feeling, I think.

ThierryHenryismyBoyfriend · 10/04/2012 20:51

You need to get over it. YABU by the way.

SauvignonBlanche · 10/04/2012 20:51

YABU

Yama · 10/04/2012 20:51

I think YANBU. When you feel at your most vulnerable you need your dh to put you first (regardless of how unreasonable others may feel your wishes to be).

I hope that as you feel stronger and stronger you will begin to let this go.

pictish · 10/04/2012 20:51

Well to be fair, it is pretty much a case of "MY family are welcome but YOURS can fuck off" isn't it?

hathorinareddress · 10/04/2012 20:52

And sorry but you expected HIS family to not want to see the baby for "a couple of weeks" Hmm

NameChangedJustInCase · 10/04/2012 20:53

oh btw, i dont have any other family so maybe that is to do with my reasons for keeping it private? My dsis is my sister/friend/mum/dad and has been for years. but anyway she couldnt be there and it was weeks before she got to see her in the end. i cant beleive iv been found unreasonable!!! Sob

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OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos · 10/04/2012 20:56

I think your original request was unreasonable. It translates to him having to tell his family that they are not welcome to meet their new grandchild, which was always going to be very hard for him.

It sounds like this is going deeper than just that though. If he is more concerned about his parents feeling uncomfortable because of bfing than he is about the comfort of his wife and baby, he is not a lovely man. You and the baby should be his priority.

Aribura · 10/04/2012 20:56

Birthzilla!

hathorinareddress · 10/04/2012 20:56

So you don't have family and therefore your husband has to be denied the support and welcome that his family would give the baby?

Really you're being unfair, maybe you should try to let it go - counselling maybe? Seems to me like you have unresolved issues.

TidyDancer · 10/04/2012 20:57

I agree with the majority here.

It was understandable that your DH had the reaction he did. He was just excited. And you were very restrictive with when people were permitted to visit. I don't think that's particularly sensible when an excited family and a newborn are involved. The best way to handle it is to restrict the visits to a defined length of time. To ban them altogether is a bit unrealistic.

I think you need to let this go now. To still be seething about it months later, and have the desire to slap your poor DH over it? Definitely OTT.

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