Ruining the fun

Ya’ll my mom (step) is getting to be too much. My husband and I were sure when we were going to make our official announcement for our pregnancy. I took us 3 years and a lot of testing to get pregnant. We told parents right away at 4 weeks on Valentine’s Day. We just wanted parents to know. She literally called my little brother home from a date so we could tell him. She kept saying “what if I accidentally slip? Or he sees me looking at baby stuff?” So we were pushed into telling before we were ready. Totally stole our thunder.

We had our first doctors appointment this week. Everything looks great but we’re still scared to tell anyone too early. My other brother’s birthday is tomorrow. She’s been bugging me allllllll week if we’re going to tell him for his birthday. I said no and we’re waiting till around Easter when we’re out of the first trimester. Plus, I don’t want to do that for his day, ya know? I’m just not that kind of person. She can’t take no. Yesterday she was telling me how he stopped over this week and how she “accidentally” had all this baby stuff (books from the library) on her kitchen table. “I had to hurry so he would accidentally see it!” She told me. She’s been doing things by accident like she’s trying to get caught.

Well tonight he went over my parents to hang out with my Dad. She’s been blowing up my phone trying to get us to come over. “I think... he wants... his family around him tonight.” I know she wants us to come over so we’ll tell him.

It sucks because she’s LITERALLY taking the fun out of it. I completely understand she’s excited. We are too. It’s our secret to tell. Like please stop. I’ve asked her over and over too and she won’t. What do I say to her? It’s stress I don’t need.