to just want them to be pleased for us?

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we are pg. dc5 is on the way and dh's family have been informed. Not one of them have said congratulations

we were ttc. they knew that. we can afford baby. we want the baby. is it too much to expect them to be happy for us?

Dance - congratulations!!!!
Ignore miserable buggers.
Every child is a blessing!
I have 5 fabulous little darlings (if I do say so myself) and refused to be present when dh told his mum about our 5th because she was so negative about number 4. She asked me for months if I was going to be sterilised! I smile and say I may have more yet! Which I won't, 5 is the limit for us.
I finally feel at peace knowing I never want more and never will.

When we told PIL DS was on the way, our first & only child after 8 years of marriage, MIL said to me of DH, "Ooh, isn't he a clever boy?", presumably thinking her PFB had finally worked out how to impregnate his wife

Congratulations xxx

love that witchway! like you had nothing to do with it!

wow congratulations!
maybe it's nit so exciting for them as they already have four grandchildren and they'll get more excited and involved the nearer you are to your due date???

Congratulations and but I am not sure about we are pg. Only one, I thought, or at least only one at a time.

Mind you, I only have the one, so I never found what happens second time round . . .

i like to include dh as much as possible...

Congrats OP. TBH they don't sound al that bothered about your other DC so it's not surprising they wouldn't be bothered now, but 'are you mad' is rude.

Maybe it's utter bafflement

I always say congratulations, that's wonderful news (congratulations, that's wonderful news ) - inside I'm thinking 'wow, more kids, bloody hell what a lot of work'

Maybe most folk aren't as good at hiding their bafflement

Congratulations. I wish I had 5. Just the three for us though.

Huzzah! Delighted for you both, OP. Brilliant news, best wishes for your new child.

I think first pregnancy is always the most exciting, a fifth not so much but they should have at least been polite.

It's not just money, it's meeting the emotional needs of every child. Did they grow up in a large family and perhaps have a realistic view of how it is and it's not something they would do?

When I am a grandparent I want as many as possible! More babies to cuddle. More children to spoil and bore with old stories about clubbing glory days in the 90's etc.
What an odd reaction. They are idiots.

Five are fabulous, congratulations! Love from a mamma of 7 xx

Congrats, OP! Hopefully DH's family will get more excited as the time gets closer.

Thank you all.

5! I am full of admiration. I'm knackered with one. Congratulations,what lovely news for you & dh

Congratulations!

I had some not happy reactions to my fifth pregnancy but they got over it.

Five is a fabulous number to have, I am tempted by more every now and then but think we are done.

We got "well it's still early" wtf?! Some people are just rubbish at congratulating.
Congratulations, BTW!

You bloody lucky woman.
Would love more but too old and too poor.
Congratulations!

Congratulations OP. I've got 5 and it's lovely.

Only just seen this thread but huge congratulations OP.I hope no one minds me saying that I think your in- laws are miserable g..s

Don't know which poster it was, but why should 'will you be able to give them a room each' be important.

The first time I had a bedroom of my own was when I went to uni and I didn't and don't consider myself to be in anyway deprived - I loved sharing a room with my sister despite the fact that we were quite different.

There's more to life than material things and so long as you have enough love to go round, which you obviously have, and can afford the expensive which you've said you can, then good luck to you. I bet there's a lot of us here who if they were in your position would love to have more children.