To find SIL's behaviour a bit odd.

[GymOClock22]

I'll start by saying I have nothing against SIL. We aren't really friends but will have a chat at family gatherings. I'm perfectly willing to hear I am being PFB about this.
I'm currently pregnant with mine and DH's first baby. We had scans a few weeks ago and got some prints for both sets of our parents.
We posted the scan on FB to let friends know (I know this isn't the most popular thing on MN).
Today I went round SILs. I very rarely go to her house but she had packaged up some baby things for me. Which I am grateful for. However when I went into her utility room with her I noticed that she had my scan picture pinned to her noticeboard. Isn't that a bit strange? I was taken aback at the time so didn't say anything. Would this make you uncomfortable?

I think you are feeling very protective over your baby - that’s normal, but I think your extended family are happy for you. It’s lovely. A baby coming into a family that already loves it so much, that’s a good thing! You will have plenty of time to have your baby to yourself and you will really appreciate your “village”.

Well said.

She gave you baby clothes. She’s excited about your baby to the extent she printed a publicly shared scan. She’s on your baby’s team. Nothing odd here apart from you being ‘taken aback’! 🙄

My sil already had her only child when me and her brother,my now dh got together so I never got the chance to be the excited auntie in law but I would have loved that.

I have a niece on my side who I absolutely adore and have done since before she was born and she's now an adult.

I think you should be pleased your husbands sister is excited about your baby.

It's an awesome way to join families and get close.

It's sweet. Why shouldn't she be happy & excited to become an aunty?

I find it odd, but not weirder than putting your scan photos everywhere on social media and framing them!

So all in all, no, I guess maybe it's not that odd...

You're happy to put it on an online noticeboard but not for a physical copy on a physical notice board?
Don't share things online if you want to retain full control OP.
I think it's sweet, she's obviously excited.

That's if it's even yours - I hope very much you cropped your name and DOB details off before posting it, so if this is the version she's printed, how can you be sure it's yours? They all look much the same black and white blobs at a glance.

Sounds sweet to me

Well there’s your first insight to how easy it is for people to take your photos of your children that you share online.
Doesn’t seem like she’s done anything wrong tbh, it’s her brothers baby and she sounds excited.

@GymOClock22

It's maybe a bit of quirky place to put your future baby's scan picture that's it..

Nothing particularly weird or offensive 🤔 about this

Stop looking for potential dramas that are not there,

she has effectively put your future's baby's scan picture on her priority to do list

which means she wants to see your future's baby's first photo which is this scan obviously
as much as possible everyday as a proud future Auntie,

Now you tell me what's wrong with that then???

What's WEIRD is to make a post and then never come back to respond. Weird and a bit rude.

So you post a scan pic on FB where (regardless of privacy settings) any old Tom, Dick or Harry could see it and do whatever they want with it.
But the thing you find odd is that the baby's auntie has printed it out and put it on her pinboard.
Seriously?
Regardless of whether you're good mates or just civil to each other, your baby will still be her niece or nephew. I think it's nice she's interested enough to print out a pic (assuming it IS your scan and isn't hers or one of her friends/other relatives - they really do look similar).

Weird that she has gone to all that trouble of printing it and then sticking it on her notice board.

Do you not see the irony in this?

If MIL has one in a frame, it's quite possible she printed off a few copies and gave them out to the rest of the family.

My scan had my EDD printed on it too - if that's the case with yours, it could be why SIL has kept it with her other notices? - to remember the date.

Ah that’s lovely. She’s prob excited to be an auntie

I’m in the minority clearly but I think this is odd and it would make me feel weird too.

It’s your baby and it’s not even born yet, why on earth would you want someone else’s scan on your wall? I sense an overbearing aunty on the cards.

I guess it depends too what type of relationship you have with her, if you’re v close and good friends, not as odd, if you’re not very close then yes, odd. You’re not an incubator!

You put your scan picture on social media and now think you have some kind of ownership over it 😂

When I was pregnant I think my SIL was as excited as I was about the baby. I think you are the one that is behaving oddly OP.

No, it’s not odd. She will be your baby’s Auntie

Can you please provide more details on why you find it odd? Is it that she went out of her way to print it out? Was she upset/annoyed that she didn't receive her own original copy?

I'd doesn't sound particularly strange to me. I was over the moon when my siblings announced their pregnancies, I was so happy to see scan photos etc. my DB and DS generally posted photos over text rather than social media though. It didn't occur to me to print them out though. I suppose it's a bit unusual, but not weird or concerning.

I think it’s weird but then I think it’s weird to print of peoples pictures of sm no matter how many people see them. I would always ask the person or let them know at least

Is it a board for wishes/things you are thankful for? My mum has one

As PP have said, it's her sibling's first child. She is probably really excited and wanted a scan photo like her parents. You only got one for the grandparents. She probably didn't want to make a big deal by asking you for a copy. Embrace the positvity.

Would you think 'overbearing auntie' if it was OP 's sister who was excited enough to put t the scan picture on her pin board?

It's OP 's husband's baby too. And his sibling has as much right to be excited as the sibling of a mother to be has.