TTC advice from MIL

tatercater

Both mine and DH's parents know about our struggles and know pretty much everything.  A little background to help this story- DH's parents were married for 10 years before they had him, but my FIL already had 3 kids from a previous marriage, so MIL always thought something was wrong with her, even though they never had ANY formal testing.

The following conversation took place last night between DH and MIL:
MIL:  How's everything going?
DH:  Well, it's too early to know anything yet, we're just kind of waiting for now to see how we did this month.
MIL:  Now, I don't want to gross you out, but I want to tell you something that really helped me.  I was so worried that something was wrong with me because your dad already had 3 kids and we just weren't getting pregnant.  I would read and research everything I could get my hands on to try to figure this out.  Then one day, I found this article that said if a woman props her hips up after intercourse, gravity will work in your favor.  And I'll tell you what!  I did that, and I got pregnant that month!!!

Well, thanks, MIL.  I guess we can now stop paying for Clomid and the other meds I've been prescribed, because apparently all I need to do is prop up my hips!  MYSTERY SOLVED!!!!

::DIES::

Raggedy1

That's awesome.

My MIL told me, in front of 10 people (all young mothers/family), "Don't despair, it will happen someday, you just need to relax" and we weren't event talking about me or our TTC!

MILs are really special sometimes. 

tatercater

Oh God.  That's even better.  MILs are very special.

lisagab26

UGH.  That is all.

kellydNC

That's very special.  I'm sorry.  

tatercater

Ha, it's okay.  Luckily DH is smart enough to have held his own in responding to it without offending MIL, who genuinely thought she was helping.

soldiersgrl3

This is one of the reasons DH is not allowed to talk to MIL about our problems. She doesn't think before she speaks. And has the biggest mouth I've ever seen.

d3esika

Really, she read everything she could get her hands on and it led to THAT revelation?!  How helpful.....

Mnerani

I guess the Bump wasn't around back then. I'm sure she meant well

biomaj5

My ILs are great about unsolicited advice and they're also fond of leaving young nieces/nephews with me for "practice." My MIL also told me over Christmas that if I had kids, I would know how to cook. ::headdesk::

We have seriously considered not telling them for several months when we get KU, just to avoid the "helpful" comments and to ensure that I don't get left with all 5 of the nieces/nephews under age 10 for practice.  

Sarah226

d3esika:

Really, she read everything she could get her hands on and it led to THAT revelation?!  How helpful.....

LOL

dimples128

Someone gave me that same advice at a Christmas party this year.  I responded by laughing and saying I gave up on that 3 months into TTC. 

Niki64

I bet your DH appreciated that visual.  My ILs know nothing about our IF problems...yet, figured we should tell them when we start the IVF process.  When talking to my mom about it, she said she knew we were going to have problems because her psychic told her...also she told me to not let my one sister in law be my surrogate.    (Yes...my own mom...)

tatercater

Niki64:

I bet your DH appreciated that visual.  My ILs know nothing about our IF problems...yet, figured we should tell them when we start the IVF process.  When talking to my mom about it, she said she knew we were going to have problems because her psychic told her...also she told me to not let my one sister in law be my surrogate.    (Yes...my own mom...)

Oh my!  That's a new one!  Yikes!

erkie

oh, wow. guess we all just need to try propping ourselves up a little higher?