How to tell my 7 month pregnant sister I’m pregnant

[Mumtobeat24]

Hi guys,

I’m currently 11 weeks pregnant.

I’m struggling to find a way to tell my sister, who is about 7 weeks away from her due date, that I’m also pregnant.

My sister and I are 15 months apart in age, and with myself being the younger one, it can always feel like my life stages and Mile stones follow extremely close to hers and almost makes me feel like I’m either coping her or stealing her limelight. But at the same time I know how devastated she would be if she found out through someone else but me.

Is anyone able to help 😭

Maybe wait until you have your 12 week scan, then go and show her that. Maybe say how exciting it will be to have the cousins so close in age. Be positive and upbeat. Then maybe, quite down so she can have her moment of glory when the baby arrives.

Just tell her , the longer you leave it the more chance she will find out and will be cross / upset .. I can't see the problem, she doesn't have the monopoly on having babies and it will be great that they will be 6 months or so apart !

Definitely "big up" how great it will be that the DCs will each have a cousin so close in age. You sound quite nervous of telling her, is she often easily offended?

My sister was super happy for me a little cousin for her two children I'm sure your sister will be exactly the same x x x

I’ll be honest. If your sister reacts badly to this news then the problem is your sister, not your pregnancy news. As someone above said, no one gets monopoly of pregnancies.

Congratulations

Surely no one thinks of having a baby as being some guarantee of being the sole focus of attention for a number of months or years, unless they’re a complete nut? I mean, it’s not as if you’ve shoved her out of the spotlight and pushed her offstage in her West End debut?

And what @ClarkGriswoldsChristmastree19 said.

Best wishes for the rest of your pregnancy, OP.

Hi OP, I have a story to help you lol. My sister and her husband took over a year to fall pregnant and finally found out she was in October. I then fell pregnant in November (unplanned but so happy) the first time I didn't use any protection with my partner!

I was sooo scared to tell her for the same reasons as you didn't want to feel I was stealing her limelight etc and had no idea what her reaction would be. I waited until I was about 10 weeks then told her and she was over the moon!! We are now 19 weeks and 14 weeks pregnant and we do everything together and can't wait to do our baby classes together ❤️

Don't worry too much whatever the reaction it'll all work out in the end 😊

Oh and I also decided to keep my pregnancy quiet from my family (apart from mum and dad) over Christmas in order to let my sister have all the attention she deserved at the family events so I didn't steal her thunder!!

You may choose to keep your pregnancy quiet from your family or friends until your sister has given birth (if possible🤣) if that would make you less worried about feeling like you're stealing her limelight? Completely up to you and your just as entitled to get the attention for your pregnancy! Just an idea which may take the pressure off you a bit 😊