Hi Shell,

Your 12 y.o SS sounds very cute - you'll have a great helper there! It must be hard with your 15 y.o, it'll be interesting to see how he reacts when bub is born.

We told our kids a couple of weeks ago and they are all very excited. Although Pippi who is the eldest at 10 y.o went really quiet after her initial happy reaction and when we finally got it out of her she was concerned how her mum was going to take the news and whether she would take it out on her. How sad is that - we assured her that we would tell her mum first (which we did) and she became more relieved. Pippi always seems to get caught in the middle between her mum and us - her mum says things about us to her or infront of her that she really shouldn't and which makes her feel uncomfortable. My DH and I go out of our way to try and keep things light and happy so the kids feel they can tell us anything without being judged or feel they are taking sides, but I just wish their mum did the same.

Anyway all is good now and they love coming up and pressing their ears against my tummy to see if they can hear or feel anything. I told them it would be a few more weeks atleast but they're so excited. They are constantly suggesting names and fighting over whether it will be a boy or girl. So really we couldn't have aksed for a better reaction. But it will be interesting to see if anything changes once bub actually arrives. Guess we can only wait and see.

Good luck with the rest of your pg!