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[quote=Anonymous]You and DH need to sit down together and talk about this. Talk about how often you see them now, how frequently they contact you, how you split holidays...just talk. It sounds to me like your situation would be better if DH agreed to be the point person with his parents, yes? That's a good place to start. Ask him, if he's not already, to be responsible for communicating with his parents. Tell him that you love his parents, but they stress you out, so that you're going to need him to step up and be the spokesperson for your nuclear family with them. You're newly pregnant, yes? You've got some time for this to play out. See how they react initially. And, you always have the excuse of being pregnant and tired as you establish a new normal where DH communicates more. And, obviously, they should *not* come immediately after the birth, but you don't need to say anything about that right now to them. Use the phrase "Well, we'll see!" a lot.[/quote]
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