Am I imagining things?

[SpongeCake23]

I'm round at my in laws this evening and my partner has told them about the pregnancy. Although on the phone (not when I was there).

We're not married, so they're not officially my in laws.

I've always got on well with them. However when I mentioned something very subtle about my pregnancy and not being able to eat Brie, MIL couldn't look at me and started saying something about blue cheese and looked embarrassed. She then changed the subject pretty quick.
Neither of them have congratulated me or spoken to me about it. It's all very odd.
I hope they don't disapprove. This will be their 5th grandchild.

Is it possible that they don’t know that you know your partner told them? So they might feel awkward revealing that they know? Congratulations on your pregnancy! :) x

Tbh I'm pregnant with our first and we've had a whole range of reactions, some being what you'd expect and others being very and not necessarily bad but just not what you'd expect. Some people do seem to get quite embarrassed about it and not know how to react. Neither my DB nor DS even mentioned it to me or acknowledged I was pregnant for a good 6 weeks or so after they knew - we told my parents and them when I was about 6 weeks purely because I got HG and as we normally saw them all once a week it would have been difficult to hide given I suddenly became bed-bound. Likewise my DF when he got told by my DM (as he was abroad with work when I told her) literally just whatsapped me saying "I heard you're not feeling well. I hope you feel better soon," in reference to my HG and not mentioning the pregnancy! Very odd but over time they've all gotten used to the idea and feel more comfy with it. We are the first on both sides of both of our families though to have a child and I think some people were just quite shocked to start with.

You're one up on me! One side of my family won't speak to me at all because I'm having a baby out of wedlock. I feel like I'm living in the 1930s.

Honestly though, give them time. People process information at different speeds. Perhaps they're superstitious and don't want to jinx anything until you've had that first scan? Who knows.

Congratulations though! It's fabulous news. 😘😘😊

It does sound a bit like they're not sure if they can let you know they know.

Were you and your partner expecting a bad reaction, hence the phone call beforehand rather than just telling them tonight face to face? Just seems a bit odd and you don't know what was said in the convo due to it being telephone.

@TheCatsMother44 I've got bad anxiety so I felt too anxious to tell them face to face.

Did your partner make it obvious to them that you were both happy with the pregnancy (I'm assuming you are)? Maybe they're not sure if it's a planned/wanted pregnancy? If it was me, I would probably have had to bring it up rather than have a great big elephant in the room. I'd probably have said... So, DP told you I was pregnant...., which should hopefully started a conversation on it.

Congratulations btw!