I will try to keep this short as its a bit complicated.
Baby is due in october and I'm already having nightmares about how possessive I will feel over baby when the IL's are involved.
I know they have as much right to be in our baby's life as my family, but my gut reaction is to not want baby anywhere near them. Just the thought of them holding her makes me uncomfortable and I fear it's only going to get worse once she's actually here.
In the time that me and DH have been together they have caused us both so much stress that it's got to the point where I am forced to be completely fake with them for dh's sake. I have told him that I will continue to make an effort until he tells me he wants to cut ties (it's been discussed before).
They have put DH down his whole life, nothing he has ever done is good enough, they blow hot and cold so quickly that you cant keep up, they have been so far from supportive when he has been unwell (crohns disease - often v v poorly) and treat him like trash when he has honestly tried to be the best son to them possible (always helping them out, never appreciated though).
FIL can be so nasty it's unreal (squaring up to DH because he has dared to disagree over something, picking on DH and his brother for really personal things to make himself look big, rejecting DH's every attempt to form a better relationship etc), but most of the time just ignores us and mil can be sweet as anything and the next minute screaming in your face. She once verbally attacked me at a time when i was seriously unwell because I had asked her not to tell anyone I was in hospital and she told their whole family (to her it was juicy gossip) and so I politely asked her not to tell anyone else.
They have caused DH to have some serious confidence issues and he really struggles to deal with their rejection a lot of the time. For years he felt as though he deserved to be treated the way they do, and it took a long time for him to see that it's not normal. He literally could not understand the concept of unconditional love, and was almost confused by it.
All of this has made me feel very uncomfortable around them and I'm terrified of how things will be when the baby is born. I know the novelty of the baby will be huge for them at first and I don't know how to deal with how protective I feel of her already. I really don't feel like this with everyone, I'm fine when I think about dh's brother and sil being involved and of course my family etc, but I can't seem to change how I feel about his parents.
I know iabu because our baby is their grandchild too, an they have every right to be in her life but I cant seem to change how I feel. How on earth do I deal with this? Do I just have to suck it up and let them be as involved as they want or where do I create boundaries? I don't want to feel like this but I do :(