Omg that's awful 😢 I'm so sorry you went through that.

@@zzevonplant it was dear. I'm so happy I move on. I find somone who support me. My MIL is such a sweet lady. Currently I'm 39 weeks pregnant. We just can't wait to see him. My husband is very supportive 😊😊

Ashlie Leavelle this is your body and baby. Don’t be afraid to tell you MIL that you don’t want her there. It’s not like she can force herself into the hospital room. I know my hospital that I’m delivering at has a secure floor and there is only one way for family members to get to labor and delivery and it’s by escort and they call before they come up to the room otherwise they make you wait in a separate room until you give the ok for them to come. Also my mom is too emotional for birth she would literally be crying the entire time. N I only have room for one emotional person when I’m in labor and that’s me. So I’m in the same boat as you. We decided that we only want myself and my spouse there and my parents n family won’t come til after. It helps especially that they live out of state.

@@beggin4thebeat353 Yep, I'm sort of the same way except I'd actually be much more likely to let my mother in law be there than my own mother, she's a lot more emotional supportive, gentle, and less pushy/bitchy/etc. I can easily see my mom making the whole thing a lot more difficult. I love my mom, but she's been pretty awful to me for most of my life and has mental issues (so do I but I don't take mine out on other people, she does and she takes it out on me the most.) So if I do meet her come at all, it'll be in the early part of labor before things get really intense, then she can come back after the baby is already born. My mother in law is planning on coming down from another state about 5 days after my due date, so if that happens to be when I'm actually in labor, I'll probably let her be there for at least a good bit of it because she might actually be helpful rather than making it harder. I think your absolutely right that it should be 100% up to you and no one else should have any say in who's in there. If you don't feel comfortable with a certain person being there or with any people but your partner being there, no one has any right to try to push it. Do whatever you're comfortable with. And if anyone gives you crap about that decision, that's just more proof that you don't want them there. If they're going to push you on that, they're going to be a negative force for you during the process too because they obviously don't care about whether or not you feel comfortable during your own labor and delivery. I wish you the best and hope it goes really well for you. This is my first baby (lost one before this, but first baby I'll actually make it to labor with I mean) and I'm super super nervous lol. So I hope you're not nervous like me and that everything goes as smoothly as possible. ❤️❤️❤️