Pregnant Woman Shares Texts from Mother-in-Law Encouraging Her to 'Eat Less'

A female who is 37 weeks pregnant says her early mother-in-law is encouraging her to watch what she eats — contempt nan truth that her doctors haven't told her to suffer weight.

The female shared a matter speech betwixt her and her fiancé's mother successful a station connected Reddit, writing, "I had an ultrasound coming for my 37 week baby. She is already estimated to beryllium almost 9 lbs—it’s familial connected my broadside of nan family to person larger babies."

"I don’t person gestational diabetes," she adds. "I americium a midsize/plus-size gal erstwhile not pregnant."

And yet, successful a matter exchange, nan woman's early mother-in-law expressed daze that nan babe weighed 9 pounds, writing, "GIRL! Maybe not eating a batch until delivery? What you eat, she eats. I don't cognize anyone that has had a 9 lb. baby. Wow!"

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The female writes that, successful summation to nan matter thread, her fiancé's mother "has besides stated that I should watch what I eat because I person glucosuria (again—i do not) and complained during my first trimester to my fiancé that I was drinking a tin of guidelines brew regular (it was 1 of nan fewer things that helped pinch nausea, truthful I would caregiver 1 tin for hours but I stopped drinking it regular erstwhile nan nausea stopped astir 18 weeks)."

"I’m beautiful irritated pinch her astatine this constituent and americium considering not seeing her until aft nan babe is born," she adds. "My fiancé backs maine 100% and doesn’t deliberation I’m overreacting, but that’s sorta his occupation to support my hormonal, pregnant self. How would you consciousness if this was you?"

Others connected Reddit opportunity they would consciousness similarly, pinch 1 suggesting it mightiness beryllium clip to put nan mother-in-law "on an accusation diet."

"What’s next, aft nan babe is calved MIL wants to underfeed it because it’s 'chubby'? She sounds awful," writes nan commenter. "Your family should be supporting you astatine this time, not actively trying to shame you - because that’s what she is doing."

The original poster responded: "My biggest interest is that she will yet commencement assemblage shaming my daughter. I won’t guidelines for that and request to commencement laying nan groundwork now."