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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, thanks all!  I just wanted to make sure my initial "not a f*cking chance" reaction wasn't just me still being a bit pissed at her from her previous visit.  DH is going to tell her I'm willing to nurse her in a room away from everyone (easier anyways since DD is starting to get really distracted while nursing these days) but if she insists I not nurse at all, we won't be coming over.  He's confident she'll choose having us at her house over her intense dislike of breastfeeding but if not, he's more than willing for us to follow through and not go over.  He's actually much more willing to say a categorical hell no to her request than I am.[/quote]

Did she breastfeed her own children?  She sounds insane, but maybe there's some long-buried issue lurking under there?[/quote]

She has honestly always been an incredibly kind and easy going woman about everything else since I've known her but she finds breastfeeding to be really gross for some reason.  It is very strange and I haven't ever seen her have this kind of intense reaction to anything else so I really don't know what's up with her reaction.[/quote]
As someone who finds breastfeeding undesirable FOR MYSELF, I think your MIL is off her rocker!

I had family who gave me crap about formula feeding, so I made a HUGE deal scooping and preparing and FEEDING my child that "poison" while in front of them. You have every right to feed your child wherever you are comfortable. DO NOT give in on this or your MIL will know she has control over you and your child.[/quote]

PP above, you are cool, and I like you. My MIL and my own mother gave me a hard time about breastfeeding, and I sort of internalized that and went out of my way to "hide it" around them. I wish I had been more like your badass self, and just flaunted it. I love you! You are hilarious![/quote]

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