Wow, your MIL did not stay to see her grand kids? Thank God your parents were there. Not all of us are so lucky.
After I had my second one, I suffered a foot drop and was paralyzed in my left leg ( recovered now, MA), and this happened just when I moved three months before to another state. Thank God my dad had come from another country to take care of my elder one as we didn’t have anyone to leave him with when I went to the hospital. My mom suffers from arthritis and couldn’t travel. In laws did not come from Pakistan as they were busy at the moment. Dad could stay only a month and I started to get better only after six months when the doctors had said I would not get better and probably would have awful leg pain all my life.
I am grateful to my dad and fully agree that you should be grateful to anyone who does you even one iota of favor. But people in your life should also realize and help out. @anayakhan, I think you haven’t been married very long. This is a common problem in a lot of households. Don’t worry, just do your best. They don’t live with you anyway.