I’m currently 37 weeks pregnant and have made it very clear that during delivery, I only want my husband and my sister with me. They’re my support system, and I want a calm, private environment when I give birth.

But my mother-in-law had other ideas. From the moment she found out, she insisted that she “deserved” to be in the delivery room because it was her grandchild. At first, I thought she was joking — but then she told my OB-GYN, without my knowledge, that she expected to be called as soon as I went into labor so she could “be there.”

I confronted her and firmly told her no. I explained it’s not about her; it’s about what makes me feel safe and supported. She didn’t take it well. She huffed, muttered about being “excluded,” and left in a dramatic storm.

But the real shock came a few days later. My sister accidentally overheard my MIL on the phone with one of her friends… bragging that she had already made arrangements to wait at the hospital the moment she got “the call” — even if it meant sitting outside my delivery room door. She even said she had “a plan” to sneak in once the nurses got busy.

I was furious. My husband and I immediately spoke to the hospital staff, giving them a strict list of who was allowed in. Security was notified, too. This is my birth, and no one — not even family — gets to bulldoze my boundaries.