Sending pregnancy bump pics to MIL
So some quick backstory is that my MIL has never made me feel welcomed or included in the family across 7 years of marriage and engagement. She actually goes out of her way to not invite me to family vacations/trips and not setting a spot at the dinner table for me for example. Me and my husband are currently in marriage counseling learning how to handle her and set clear firm boundaries and it is helping a lot!
Her current fixation is “being left out and not included/involved in my pregnancy.” Idk what this means as my pregnancy has been straightforward and uneventful (praise the Lord) so far. We have even sent her a few ultra sound pics from early on. She keeps pressuring us for “bump update” photos almost daily. Even going to far as to tell my husband to take random photos of me when I’m not aware like working out or going about daily life. I personally feel very violated by these requests as she has never cared about me before and it just seems to be all related to the baby. But it’s still my body at the end of the day.
My question is for those of you who are pregnant or have been pregnant am I overreacting about these consistent requests? I always try to be the bigger person with her and I know being a first time grandma is exciting. Should I just send a photo? It’s hard to know when to set boundaries and when to be the bigger person. I truly want to do what’s right towards her as she is the grandma to my baby and I can’t change that.
**Edit: my husband doesn’t send her the photos. He tells her no and that I have booked professional maturity photos in March and she will receive those! I also haven’t spoken to her since Christmas Eve.
**Edit: I did not expect this post to get so much attention but I really appreciate everyone’s comments as this is clearly something we are actively working through and are in marriage therapy for. I want to clarify the professional photos were originally for myself to remember this time. The photographer is my good family friend doing a fun thing for free for me. After reading yalls comments I will likely not even allow her those.