Pregnant Woman Hurt Over Her Mother-In-Law Going On Vacation On Her Due Date, Online Community Thinks It's A Blessing

Redditors believe she can turn her feelings of sadness into relief.

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• Published in Interesting
• August 31, 2023

The birth of a firstborn is a couple's major milestone in life. This entrance to a couple's new chapter in life will be filled with joy, responsibility, and countless precious moments.

So, it's only natural to feel a whirlwind of emotions when anticipating the arrival of your bundle of joy. And no matter what challenges you and your life partner may face, the milestone will bring a deeper sense of purpose as you both embrace the role of nurturing, guiding, and shaping the life you've brought into the world.

You're bound to experience sleepless nights. But all the effort will be rewarded with many firsts that will eventually become a cherished memory. The firstborn not only teaches parents about unconditional love but also about patience, sacrifice, and the endless capacity of the human heart.

In today's post, we'll take a look at a mother's experience about expecting her firstborn. She posted about it on the JUSTNOMIL subreddit.

The original poster (OP) tells users that they had to break the news early because of a potential miscarriage, which worked out in the end. She adds that her in-laws are already aware of when the baby is due.

And yet, her mother-in-law scheduled a trip with her father-in-law around the time she'd be giving birth. This hurt her slightly, so she decided to share her feelings with the online community.

The OP is pregnant with her firstborn and what her MIL did made her disappointed.

The OP's MIL decided to go on vacation around the time of her labor.

She felt disappointed and unsupported.

But JUSTNOMIL community thinks she shouldn't consider it a disappointed. She should think of it as a blessing, instead.

Some people acknowledged the OP's feelings. But also explained that things are better this way, especially if her MIL has an attitude.

The OP just needs to accept that her in-laws will live their lives the way they want, even if that means potentially hurting the OP's feelings.

The OP needs to reflect on whether she really wants her in-laws to be around.

Women can be sensitive during pregnancy. So it's best that the OP is only surrounded by the people who genuinely care about her.

The OP can try looking at the bright side of this.

At the very least, the OP has less to stress about.

A user gives the OP a reality check.

Just from the JUSTNOMIL post itself, we can't definitively determine whether the OP's MIL has a JustNo attitude. It's unclear if she's the typical controlling MIL you often read about in those monster-in-law stories.

But if the MIL indeed has a JustNo attitude, then maybe the OP can look at the brighter side of things, just as users have suggested. Because imagine if the MIL is a monster-in-law, handling her attitude on top of caring for a newborn would just stress the OP out.

So maybe it is indeed a blessing in disguise that her in-laws aren't around during her labor.

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