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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, this is one of the most hostile threads I have ever read!  Unbelievable.  I am in a similar situation with my SIL, which is how I found this thread to begin with.  My sister in law (my husband's sister) has been struggling with infertility for over three years. She is known to be very sensitive about it, so I make a point to NEVER discuss it.   My husband and I have been married for a year and a half, and we are expecting our first child in April.

When we found out we were pregnant, we told my husband's parents very early, and they insisted that we tell my SIL and BIL as soon as possible.  My SIL was nice when we called but very surprised, and implied that we were out of line for telling so early because I could miscarry.   I thought that was a weird thing to say when we were sharing the happy news, but I took it with a grain of salt.

Anyway, after that, I never shared much news with her about the baby unless she asked.  When she learned that we had sonogram pictures, she said she wished I sent them to her.  So when we went to our anatomy scan, I sent the sonogram pictures to her. I later learned that they were going through IVF at that time, so I hope receiving the pictures didn't upset her.

It's hard knowing how much to say, but I just do my best to follow her lead.   I have been blessed with a pretty easy pregnancy (so far!) so I am positive and upbeat about it in general, and don't discuss it unless people ask.  I don't expect her to be over the moon about it given her situation so I try to limit the baby talk accordingly.  [/quote]

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