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How are your parents acting to u being pg?
sorry kinda long. i'm a bit surprised at how my parents are acting. my mom has always been a very very nurturing and she babies me a lot and i just kind of expected my mom to do the same when i got pg. i thought she'd be calling me and checking up on me every week, but she hasn't called yet. it's been my father and mother in law who've been calling and checking up on me, whom i wouldn't necessarily have expected to do that kind of thing cuz they're not really that "type" just from previous experiences. it's been kind of strange, not complaining or anything, but just thought it was weird. also i saw my mom yesterday and she's kind of getting on my nerves cuz she's just being really bossy and telling me what to do and what not to do. like for example she really got on my case cuz DH and i are taking a babymoon and she said that it's dangerous for me to be moving around when i'm pregnant. she told me to cancel my trip. it's not like we're going out partying. i explained that we're just going to relax since DH and i haven't gone on extended vacation together (just wkend trips) since our honeymoon 5 yrs ago. i've never really argued with my mom ever in my entire life, but that one kind of got on my nerves a little. i know she's saying these things cuz she cares.
On the other hand it's been nice to see another side of my father. i think it's so cute he calls to check up on me, he didn't really do that before. he stopped by the house one time to see if i wanted food! so cute! i guess it's sort of a vent and seeing what everyone else's experiences has been with their parents. sorry if i sound whiney...i guess i want my mommy 
spoiled i know.
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Re: How are your parents acting to u being pg?
i'm so jealous... my parents live out of state. dh's family are all here. most of them are treating me very differently... his grandmother kissed me on the cheek last night (first time ever), which was nice.
then his step-mom felt me up which wasn't. they were at the airport last night when we went to pick up my brother-in-law, and she came around and stuck her hand in through the window to rub my belly.
I haven't told my parents yet and I have no idea how they're going to react.
The inlaws are acting pretty normal toward me I guess (this is their 4th grandchild so they aren't giddy with excitement). Only weird thing is that when FIL asks how I'm feeling and I tell him I feel pretty good and have been able to go to the gym and be pretty "normal"... he always sounds disappointed! Like he's not happy that I'm feeling okay at all. Weird.
My mom is babying me like crazy! I'm enjoying every minute of it.
Currently going through our second deployment. Can't wait for Zoe to meet her daddy!
@danienross--why will MIL be upset?
as to the original question: We haven't told hubby's dad and step mom yet. We have no relationship with his mom and stepdad and I don't know if we even will tell them. We will tell his brother and that may get the word to them, and then it's up to them if they want to respond at that point.
as to my parents, whom we're closer to, they've been pretty sedate in their reaction, but that's because my mom has been very sick, and the same night we told them, the hospital called and had my mom taken in for admission, which is where she's been since last week. Preliminary diagnosis is leukemia and so both of them have been rather preoccupied.
it was sweet, though, when one of my mom's friends came to visit her at the hospital yesterday (she wasn't supposed to be there but she came in for a few minutes anyway) and the friend told my mom to be a "fighter," and my mom looked at me and hubby and said she had a lot to live for, so heck, i hope the incentive of meeting our first kid/her 2nd grandchild (sis has a daughter who turns two tomorrow) will be a good kick in the butt for her to tell cancer to F--K OFF!
My mom is cautiously excited and very scared for the changes this will bring DH and I. We've only been married 5 months (but have been together for 6 years, living together for 5.5 of them), and are very accustomed to our child-less lifestyle. Because we weren't TTC when we got pregnant, we have a lot of changes to make. We're ready, but I think she is a little sad for the death of our free-living ways.
My dad is really excited.
IL's don't know yet because MIL has a HUGE mouth and everyone will know and we aren't ready for that yet. They will be thrilled though. This is both sets of parents first grandchild.
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Sorry to hear that. Maybe she's trying to deal with the news and is having trouble or the only way for her to show concern now is to make sure to ensure you do what she thinks is right. Your babymoon will be fine, I'm sure. Not like you are skydiving or something. As long as you aren't 7 or 8 months at the time and your doctor is fine with it....ENJOY!!!
My parents have been wonderful! They have only know for about a week but my dad calls once a day to see how I'm doing and I work with my mom and see her almost everyday. So she keeps close tabs on me and is so helpful
Currently going through our second deployment. Can't wait for Zoe to meet her daddy!