When it comes to having a baby, many people will often volunteer to help out their nearest and dearest after the birth.
But it seems sometimes these kind gestures can get taken for granted and too much can be asked of you, as one woman recently claims to have found out.
Mumsnet users have slammed an anonymous pregnant woman for being 'out of order' as she asked her sister-in-law to do the daily school run for her, throughout the duration of her maternity leave.
Taking to the parenting forum, an upset user shared her dilemma with others, explaining that her sister-in-law was left 'annoyed' at her when she politely said she won't take and collect her daughter from school every day when her maternity leave begins.
The woman revealed that her son and her niece will start school in September and are going to be in the same class.
She told users that her sister-in-law is currently expecting her second child, and is due to give birth the same month that her daughter starts school.
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"I said, 'No - I've got my own and children and said she'll be off anyway'.
"She got all annoyed with me and asked how she's meant to do school pick up when the baby is sleeping or if she's had a bad night."
The woman added that her sister-in-law 'shouted' at her as she would have to juggle getting up 'at the crack of dawn' to take her daughter to school, with looking after a newborn.
Asking others if she is being unreasonable, she said: "I'm not missing something am I? This is totally out of order - millions of mums including myself have done school pick up and drop off with newborns.
"I'm a firm believer of if you choose to have children you look after them yourself. I already have my niece after nursery until my brother and SIL finish work, I don't want to do it when she's at home I want the time she's on mat leave to look after my own children. Sorry for the ramble."
In the comments section, people slammed her sister-in-law for being so 'out of order' for expecting the woman to go out of her way for months.
One said: "Well if she hadn't been so rude I'd say you could offer to do it for the first few weeks and then share it after that. But she should not have demanded and she should not have had a temper tantrum when you said no. She's burnt her bridges here a bit."
Another penned: "What a joke! I'm also due in Sept and am worried about this but it's the reason I'm going to get help with the baby at first. If I asked my SIL this she wouldn't say yes to every day."
A third added: "No way would I do them simply because she is having another baby. If she was working and struggling to sort it then yes I would help."
And a fourth shared: "She is being so rude I wouldn't put myself out for her I would say she needs to make other arrangements for after nursery."
Others suggested she offers to split the school run and offer to do the first two weeks after her brother returns to work, as they say, it will be the 'hardest'.
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