Thanks for the replies so far, ladies.

For me, my mother telling me about my cousins birthing their children in as much detail as she can is NOT what I want to hear from her. If my cousins choose to share then fine, I don't want my mother forcing it on me.

For me, hearing "oh, I've already heard this story" after one girl asked about Liebling's "birth" (whom I hadn't shared with) and I started to tell her the lighthearted version was rude (I know who decided to share my story with everyone and she is no longer a part of my life, I need my information kept private and she was not able to do that with several things; found out too late though).

I said to my mother that I wouldn't expect her to share Liebling's story with anyone and she did go really quiet, which makes me think she has done - so who has what information about ME and LIEBLING which should be private unless I choose to share?

All MiL knows about Liebling's arrival is that he pooed on me, which both of the PiL find hilarious. Again, won't be overly happy if she shares that. Although she did share with me, DH hadn't told me about that, so she knew something about Lieby's arrival that I didn't.

FWIW, I wouldn't mind sensitive sharing, or proud sharing, from the mother or MiL of the mother. Or sharing a blog post - I mean, that's what the person who wrote it is choosing to share with the world.

So am I too uptight about this?