My Mother-in-Law Humiliated Me at My Own Baby Shower, Telling Me to ‘Stop Eating for Two’—Then My Mom Said Something That Sent Her Running Out the Door

pinning tiny white roses to the archway. I pressed both hands to my stomach and laughed.

“Mom, come here.”

Mom dropped the ribbon between her teeth and hurried across the grass.

“Again?” she beamed.

“Right here.”

She placed her palm against the side of my belly. For a few seconds, nothing happened. Then a small heel, or maybe an elbow, pushed back against continue reading …