Thanks guys! Dr says my belly should shrink back up no problem -- I hope so!

I got the swine flu the other day, and I think today is my last "kinda" sick day. I'm feeling pretty good actually. Hubby got it alot worse than I did, but I've been feeling not too bad, even took the dogs out to the dog beach this morning. It's more annoying than anything -- I HATE not being able to taste my food!! LOL. The infectious disease specialist wanted me on antivirals right away because I'm "high-risk" but I never did go on them. I knew it wouldn't be hard to fight off myself, and they don't even know what the drugs would do to the baby. I've just been eating well (lots of spicy stuff) and taking it easy-- lots of baths, lots of hot tea, and lots of rest.

Now, I feel the need to vent a bit. Does anyone else really dislike any of their parents in law? My MIL is driving me crazy. She's SO opinionated. I want to move away so I never have to see her or hear what she has to say, and I NEVER want her watching my baby -- she certainly wouldn't be sober and she'd chainsmoke around her. When her daughter had a baby, she took all of his soothers and cut the ends off of them. She's already TOLD me not to use soothers. Um, I'll do whatever I want, thank you.
She got all angry the other day, like "why would you be around sick people when you're pregnant?! You can't do that when you have a baby!" Uhh I wasn't around any sick people. It's freakin' airborne, I could've caught it anywhere, everyone has the swine flu right now (in my city).
When I first got pregnant she absolutely was CONVINCED that I was a month behind what they said I was. "You're not big enough, they counted it wrong, they gave you the wrong date." I counted the days with her on the calendar. "Well they aren't right, you can't be this far along, you're too small." I know the TWO days I had sex that month (I got a bladder infection soon after and stopped having sex until my treatment was over, too uncomfortable), and I am actually FARTHER ALONG than they think I am.
And now she is bugging us about the drugs. She WANTS me to get the epidural -- she is like pushing it. WHY? Why does it make a difference to her? But you know what -- I'm glad!! Because I want a natural birth so bad, and her wanting me to use drugs is going to deter me from using them, no matter how much pain I'm in. I'd rather be in excrutiating pain than give her the satisfaction of knowing that I "gave up" (her words) like she wants me to.
She also argued with Kyle about the types of drugs they use. I've read every book and been to prenatal classes, I know they can give you narcotics in the early stages of labor. She refuses to believe us -- they would never give you demerol, morphine, etc -- she worked at the hospital for years, so of course she knows. She even argued with him about smoking during pregnancy. She chainsmoked during all of her pregnancies, and when my hubby came out with asthma she didn't think anything of it. Now she tells us "your baby could get asthma because you had it when you were young." We told her that prenatal smoking would have caused that, and she didn't believe us. She still smokes around me constantly and has no respect for me. I could never leave my baby alone with her because she would smoke right in front of her (and drink...and drink..).
God I really hope she doesn't come visit us all the time when we have the baby. My mom listens to everything I have to say, and she never TELLs me to do anything -- she can suggest things from her own experiences, but she respects whatever I have to say, and she never makes it sound like her word is gold and it can only be done her way. Apparently my MIL is the only right one.
Ahh.. just needed to vent. I am so afraid that Kyle is going to want her to babysit one day, and when I say no he's going to think I'm a complete cow. I'm afraid when I say no that he'll turn it around and make it so MY mom can't babysit. So frustrating!