2nd Trimester

So apparently MIL and FIL are medical experts now...

I have chosen to never have a flu shot (even when I was working as an EMT) because my brother got one and had an allergic reaction and I don't tolerate eggs well and that's an ingredient (not allergic in the anaphylactic way, just really does a number on my stomach). 

This past weekend we went back to NJ for a friends engagement party and I had a NASTY cold.  MIL and FIL told me I NEED to get the H1N1 shot.  I wouldn't have gotten sick if I had it.  It's stupid that I don't get it, I'm not allergic to eggs, it doesn't say I have to like eggs, etc.  They said that I should go get a flu shot that day so that I would get over being sick faster.

Uhmmm??????? I have a cold, not the flu.  The flu shot is not for colds, and the flu shot will not help you recover from the flu, it is only for prevention.  Sometimes I can't stand my MIL and her "well I raised DH and he is perfect so therefore I know what I'm talking about" attitude.

Re: So apparently MIL and FIL are medical experts now...

  • When my MIL makes comments about stuff that is my decision I try to remember that she is TRYING to be helpful and wants the best for me.  That usually calms my annoyance a little.  =)  I dont get the flu shots either... luckily my MIL was very supportive of this =)
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  • Exactly....the flu shot prevents the flu not the cold.  And getting it now will not help you get better.  Getting better requires, rest and plenty of fluids, which I am sure you know.  Sorry they are so opinionated. 
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  • Do you think if they got the flu shot they would stop being annoying? It has about as much of a chance of doing that as curing your cold Stick out tongue
  • Well, at least you have some experts in the family.  ;)  Next time, just cough or sneeze in her direction with covering your mouth a little late.  Share the joy of the cold with everyone!  :)
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  • The sad thing is my ILs are medical experts and their advice is just as bad. 

    My MIL informed me this weekend that I could not give birth without pitocin, as in, the birth can't happen if I don't take it.

    She also told me that when she was a child no one disobeyed when she was a child in school. They all sat nicely in their seats, didn't fidget and did as they were told. According to her, TV has been the cause of all learning disabilities now, which did not exist when she was a child. 


  • If you came in sick they likely wouldn't give you the shot anyway.
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  • I'm sorry, it's annoying, and I hope you feel better soon!

    My father-in-law is (literally) a rocket scientist yet he swears that gender is determined after egg fertilization as part a chemical reaction - not determined by which sperm fertilizes the egg. And he argues with DH, who is a biologist, about this process. Sheeeeeh.

  • I just love it when all these "medical experts" tell you how to live, raise a child, etc. I work in an office with a lot of 40+ "moms" who just can't let a day go by without showering me with annoying advice and wivestales...blah.
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  • i feel your MIL and FIL pain.. lol.. my posts are usually about me complaining about them...

    ill trade in laws with you!

    but i bet you'd rather put up with a "know it all attitude" rather than all the insanity my IL's put me through...

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    i feel your MIL and FIL pain.. lol.. my posts are usually about me complaining about them...

    ill trade in laws with you!

    but i bet you'd rather put up with a "know it all attitude" rather than all the insanity my IL's put me through...

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    i feel your MIL and FIL pain.. lol.. my posts are usually about me complaining about them...

    ill trade in laws with you!

    but i bet you'd rather put up with a "know it all attitude" rather than all the insanity my IL's put me through...

    haha my MIL and FIL are the peak of the "good".  My SIL this past summer was screaming at DH and I that we need to get a divorce becaues our relationship is not healthy.  We're not right for each other etc.  She lives in Texas, we live in Ohio.  We had seen her once prior since we had gotten married 2 years before.  I guess she knew more about my marriage than I did....And then I'm still nice adn tell her she's going to be an aunt, and now it's all about her.  How she's so excited and everything she's going to do with the baby etc (this would normally be nice except she has never once told me congrats or asked how I am so it's all fake and for attention).  also how is she going to do all this stuf with my baby when I see her about 1x a year?  Haha  I love the IL drama!

  • I'd lie.

     

    "My doctor says it's not a good idea for me".

     

    I bet that shuts them up.

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  • Just throwing this  in there too, to let them know, you aren't supposed to get the shot if you're sick.  Before I get it I'm always asked if I'm feeling well and make sure you don't have a temp, etc.
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  • When my MIL says stupid crap like that my mom always reminds me that she's just trying to help because she cares, she just has a really stupid/offensive way of saying things sometimes. I'm with you though, I'm not getting any flu shots, and no pressuring from in-laws is going to change that. I'm guaranteed to have about a sinus infection a month for the rest of the winter, but no flu shot is going to change that.
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