She opens up, saying, “One night, I was very tired, so my husband offered to handle the baby. When I woke up, I found my sister-in-law breastfeeding our son. It felt like a nightmare.
“But it wasn’t help, it was a violation. She wasn’t even lactating. So I took the baby and went to my mom’s house.
That’s when my mom revealed the truth: she had a miscarriage a few years ago and was still trying to cope with the trauma. And she’d dry-nursed my newborn to try to ‘stimulate milk flow.’
Filing for divorce is a strong response to what happened. Your husband’s refusal to take this seriously shows a lack of judgment. Nonetheless, you may want to weigh that decision for a few weeks at least by going through a separation first.
