'HOW DARE SHE': Monster-in-law demands a 28-year-old pregnant DIL 'pause the birth' so she can commandeer the entire birthing process, then gets her comeuppance in the post-partum family group chat

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Mar 12, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

This new mom was already under duress while giving birth to her first baby, but unfortunately for her, she had an overbearing (borderline tyrannical) mother-in-law to exasperate her fears and commandeer the delivery room. 

Giving birth is insane. I don't have any children of my own, but just the idea of creating a human person in your body, then pushing them out in front of an audience of nurses? IT'S WILD! The miracle of childbirth is already an overwhelming and semi-terrifying prospect, but with a mother-in-law who's completely forgotten the stress of the birthing room lurking over your shoulder, things can get far worse. 

And an epidural isn't going to numb the pain you feel from family drama in the delivery room. 

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    Luckily for the 28-year-old woman in this next story, the nurses and doctors were on her side. And unlike her husband, who rolled over at the first sight of his overbearing mother, the nurses gladly escorted this MIL out of the delivery room as soon as she crossed the line by covering her DIL's mouth when she screamed. In my eyes, that's certainly grounds for a far worse punishment… Which u/Negative_Leek1539 proudly obliged.

  • "AITAH for kicking my MIL out of the delivery room"

    I 28f recently gave birth but one story has been the topic of discussion in my family. Ever since I announced I was pregnant my family has been overjoyed and happy for me, all but one,
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  • my MIL was very insistent that she be in the delivery room. I didn't really want her there but then again with people like her I didn't really have a choice. Anyway we get to the delivery
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  • room and I am in labour when my husband (let's call jim) gets a call from his mother(my MIL) demanding to pause the birth for her to get here. OFC Jim just hung up, but unlucky us she had
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  • already got here ten minutes later. Seeing as how I was pushing out a whole human I quite obviously started screaming in pain my MIL in her infinite wisdom shoved her hand
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  • over my mouth and told me to stop making a scene so I was pied of. I right back screamed at her to get the f out and had her escorted out by a nurse. I checked My phone a couple days
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  • ago (I am two weeks post partem) and I get an onslaught of messages telling me what a b I am. Being the petty person I am I found a video of her in labour (not a weird one like nothing s ual or n ked u know)
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  • and in it she was screaming so I clipped the video to that and then sent it into The gif place. And sent her a gif on WhatsApp of her screaming in her labour then I turned my phone of. But that didn't stop her she came right over to my house and called me an a hole. sooooo???? Am I the A-he.
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  • Bonnm42 NTA but your Husband needs to tell her what is what. She seems to think she can treat you like crop and have no consequences. I would tell her if she doesn't respect you, you will go nc/lc until she can.
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  • Ginger630 Absolutely NTA! Childbirth is not a spectator sport!! People need to stay TF out of the delivery room, especially if they aren't there to support the mother.
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  • And your husband needs to step up too. YOU are his priority, not his mommy. He needs to tell her and all his relatives that what she did was uncalled for.
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  • I'd be NC with her until she sincerely apologizes. And even then, I'd keep her at ar''s length. And since you are the mother, NC extends to your baby as well. And she should NEVER be unsupervised around your baby ever!!!
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  • MerryMoose923 NTA. If you didn't want her in the delivery room, she should not have been allowed in. Your care team would have kept her out if you had let them know you did not want her there.
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  • Just curious, but how on earth did she think you could just "pause the birth" to give her time to get to the hospital?? That's a whole other level of crazy right there.
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  • Also, HOW DARE SHE put her hand over your mouth when you are giving birth! Did you bite her? I would have! Your husband needs grow a shiny spine and have a very serious talk with his mother
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  • and set some firm boundaries. And then he needs to actually enforce those boundaries. Finally, well done with the video of her screaming in child birth.
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  • NotAgain Hel15 She had no right to be there, let alone to try to control you. She can go f herself. NTA.
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  • SamSovern NTA: I woulda come up off that labor bed just to snack her. Your husband needs to step in now and tell her that one more comment, call or showing up at the house uninvited will result in you all going no contact and her never seeing the grandchild.
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  • saxman522 NTA and if she really put her hand over your mouth without your permission, that's assault. Tell her she's lucky you don't press charges
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  • ViolinistNo2961 Ha, the video clip rebuttal is Your MiL is nuts NTA
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