Am I overreacting?
I found out I was a carrier for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at 12 weeks pregnant (with a boy, who has 50% change of being affected) got my amnio done at 16 weeks, got results that my son inherited the genetic mutation at 20 weeks, TFMR at 21.5 weeks on 10/19. It was awful. My MIL insisted I get a “second opinion” - even though I didn’t need opinions…I had facts. From the amnio. I have felt like she maybe thinks I didn’t exhaust all of my options before choosing to terminate the baby I wanted to badly. Feeling misunderstood in the situation has hurt me to my core- why would she think I just made that decision if I didn’t have solid facts? There was nothing I could do… I can’t change my genetics that I ended up unknowingly passing to my unborn baby. I had no idea about this carrier info as it was a spontaneous pregnancy. It’s very hurtful to me.
Anyways, it’s Christmas. It’s been hard. She gave us an ornament to remember our baby, who would’ve been her first grandchild. She also mentioned that she wanted to borrow the footprints we got after the D&E so she could get his precious tiny feet tattooed on her. Am I wrong for not wanting to hand those over to her ? She can easily take a photo of them. Also, am I wrong for being bothered that she wants the tattoo? She also mentioned she wanted to make a shadow box, and said she wanted one of the pregnancy tests to put in there along with ultrasound pics (she wants me to just give these to her ) It was a loss for everyone involved and I understand that. I think maybe the tattoo idea leaves a bitter taste in my mouth due to feeling misunderstood by her in regards to the choice I had to make, out of love, for my son. However, asking for items I have to remember MY pregnancy so she can put them in a shadow box for herself for her home seems insane. Any advice, feedback, experience, comments are welcome.