In the last month, I have been verbally and emotionally abused by my mum and my young brother. I have been told to go fuck myself, rot in hell, and called selfish, immature, pathetic, stupid, and naive.
My husband is livid, and I feel very upset especially as any stress I suffer affects our unborn child. I'm usually forgiving of them as they are close family and I love them very much, but I'm struggling to forgive these occasions because I don't think it right to abuse pregnant women. I've previously been offended by pregnant friends and friends with babies, but never retaliated with abuse and always gone out of my way to make them feel better... it's a pretty hard time for any woman. My mum and brother seem to have no regard for the cortisol production they provoke, effecting my baby's bloodstream.
I feel like distancing our growing family from my mum and brother, as they are not good for my wellbeing and may be a very bad influence on my child. This includes affecting my baby's health while he grows in my womb for another 4 months.
Neither have called me to see how I am since this started, and my mum has asked that we do not contact her. Yet she expects to have a relationship with her new grandchild.
They have told me they think I would use my mum's first grandchild as a pawn in our dispute. This makes me feel very guilty - am I being selfish to withdraw their contact because of their recent behaviour, or making a difficult but correct decision for my household?
Should I put myself in the firing line again, in an effort to resolve the situation?