This is my first post and I am looking for some advice or words of support. Me (F24) and my partner (M27) welcomed a beautiful baby boy in September. He is the most beautiful blessing I have ever been given. Our issues began the instant I have found out I was pregnant. Soon after the announcement, my usually well mannered MIL started showing very obsessive tendencies. I see how any soon to be grandmother would be excited, but she started with over the top shopping, constantly sending gifts to my house, keeping and framing my ultrasound pictures, informing me that she has plans to set up a nursery in her house, asking my partner to take the baby and sleep over at her house a couple nights a week, messaging me almost every single day. I have expressed to my partner so many times that I was uncomfortable with all of this, but he never told her to stop. The serious issues started when I gave birth. My experience was hugely traumatic, due to having a crash C section with general anaesthetic due to my baby boy having bradycardia. I had severe complications after the surgery, haemorrhaged twice and needed to stay in the hospital longer than expected. Before I had even woken up from surgery, my MIL had made it to the hospital, throwing a scene and demanding to see her grandson, a request that the hospital staff had obviously refused, and sent her on her way. When we got home, partners parents came over and were extremely rude, shouting at me for making them wait a day to meet my son. They raised their voice at me and took my sleeping son out of his Moses basket to take pictures as his mother cried. After this, things went absolutely mental. I had advised them that due to this behaviour, they will not be coming back to see baby for 6 weeks, as I wanted to recover from surgery and bond with baby in peace. This is where the real abuse started. Partners father said that if they can’t see him, neither can my family, raising my voice at me. Partner did not stand up for me. I decided to take the baby to my families house for a couple of days for my own sanity. They then encouraged partner to call police on me for attempting to run away with baby. He took their advice, took my keys and locked us in the house. The police came and arrested partner for False imprisonment of us both. A couple months after this, We had decided to give it another go. I told him I NEVER want his parents involved in babies life again, as they were the source of all of our issues. He did not take well to this at all, and let me know that if his parents can not see the baby at least every few weeks, he will not be happy with us and can’t stay. The next day, I came home, to find an empty house with most of our shared furniture missing, as well as household appliances. He let me know he has taken it all and moved back in with parents. I will stick to my word and not allow grandparents any access, but have been advised by solicitor that eventually he will get unsupervised contact with baby, and bring him where he wishes. Please let me know what my next steps should be, and how to protect my baby from the crazy in his family.