My mum has had very little to do with my PG, mostly because she wont support my decissions & thinks that everythings the same as it was when I was born 24 years ago!!!
I've had a few different comments that have really got my goat
"Why do you want a drug free birth? People who do that arent normal"
"Take the drugs thats what they're there for"
"You've never been a mum, how will you cope?"
As well as anything I talk about in regards to clothing sizes (she thinks a 0000 wont fit a newborn coz I was 5 pounds & straight in 000, in 1984!!!) or tests, or anything to do with the PG at all. Im wrong I dont know what Im talking about. Even though most of the stuff is on leaflets and all in a folder, and when I did show her "Oh they're wrong, it wasnt like that when you were born"

And now she's started turning up at our house unannounced, and like yours expects to be entertained, then has a go about our house not being spotless. (Our house is 30-45mins away from hers, so if Im not home I dont hear the end of it, even though she doesnt call first to see if Ill be there). I speak to her maybe once a fortnight - 3weeks (this has increased since I became pg)

Most of the things she has said or done has been negative, so when she demanded to be at the birth I told her flat out no. I need someone there to support & encourage not someone telling me Im doing it wrong.


Best of luck with your mum & the remainder of your pregnancy