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Mother in law issues

Is anyone else having problems with their mother in law? Mine keeps trying to push herself in between me and my husband and demanding control over my birthing plan and how I raise my baby. When I confronted her about it and told her that he's my baby and I will do what I see fit me she first threatened to take the baby from me and then later said that she didn't care becuase it's not her grandson anyway because he's coming from me and not her daughter. Recently shes acted like nothing has happened ans she didny say all of the horrible things she said about me and the baby and simply said rhat i need to let it go. I'm about to lose my mind with her and will gladly take any advice.
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I would definitely not ignore what she is saying. It's one thing to call you stuff , but to call your baby names too is so uncalled for . I would stand your ground . It is yours and your husbands baby . No one else's . And it's too bad if she doesn't realize that. I know she's apart of your family now that you and your husband are married , but she clearly isn't treating either of y'all like family. And I wouldn't let anyone talk about my child like that . And yes , definitely sounds like she may be unstable or has issues going on. Hang in there !
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That's what broke up my relationship. So now he's with his mother at her house. And now its just me with my baby so idk if he is willing to come when I give birth to my son. She telling him this not his son no way.
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I"m sorry that you are going through this but sometimes we just have to ignore but at the same time give respect to your MIL b/c it might hurt your relationship with your husband and also you want to play a good role model for your children.  Family is different from friends - we can give up friends but family stay with us for life.  Hope things will get better for you.  
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She's wedges herself in between us and up until the last blow out we had he would never take my side. She left tons of voice mails for me calling me and the baby everything under the sun. I played them for him and soon after she called him and told him that I was being mean to her for no reason. He told he that he heard the voice mails and then she said that she meant every word. Normally he doesn't take my side making everything even more stressful becuase my family lives 9 hours away so I feel completely ganged up on.
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How does hubby react? Maybe he can talk to her?
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Is her behaviour inconsistent with her cultural background?  If so, perhaps her family should be alerted (she may be experiencing mental instability).
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Don't pay too much attention she might feel threatened by the baby that she's losing her son. There are a lot of mother-in-law's that act that way they want everything their way
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