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Pregnant Woman Got Shattered During Gender Reveal Because of Sister-in-Law’s Prank

Womanhood July, 10, 2025

Every mother-to-be expects her gender reveal event to be a special one but unfortunately, things went haywire for Carla Sotelo who is expecting her third baby. A mother of two boys, Carla got devastated after she found out that her sister-in-law played a prank on her during her gender reveal ceremony.

Telling more about it, Carla shared that she insanely wanted a baby girl to make her family complete, as she already has given birth to two boys. She was heartbroken when her sister-in-law tricked her into believing that she was going to have a girl. The mother from the U.S was convinced that all her dreams for having a baby girl came true when she saw pink balloons and glitter sparkling everywhere during her gender reveal ceremony.

After giving birth to two healthy boys, the thought of having a baby girl was overwhelming for her. However, her dreams got shattered and it broke her heart when she saw that the sponge of the cake was blue. She happily proceeded to cut the cake with her husband only to realize that the pink balloons and sparkles were all fake and part of a prank.

Sharing her disappointment, Carla posted the video of her bursting the pink balloons on TikTok, where she wrote, “Thanks to the small shop owner who ruined our gender reveal.” Through the follow-up videos, Carla explained that the entire event was planned by her in-laws, and all the items used for the event were purchased from a small business owner by her sister-in-law.

Disclosing some facts, Carla revealed that the small shop owner was related to her sister-in-law and as Carla’s sister-in-law doesn’t like Carla, therefore, things went south. The mother was way devastated after calculating what exactly had happened during her gender reveal ceremony and how all her expectations had come crashing down.

In yet another clip, Carla agitatedly said that they had hurt her beyond limits and she won’t be forgetting how bad she felt at her gender reveal ceremony. She added, “You think you can hurt me, we thought we were having a baby girl after giving birth to two boys but everything turned out to be a prank.” In the video, it was clearly visible that Carla started crying as soon as she realized that the sponge of the cake was blue. She couldn’t take the cruel prank that her in-laws had played on her.

It made her feel low to realize that everything was a lie and all her beliefs about having a baby girl were falsely made by people who just wanted to have fun by pulling shallow pranks. The story went viral on various platforms and many users sympathized with Carla. A person said why would never play such a bad prank on their relatives, the user added that a better prank would have been putting white sparkles to create the mystery instead of falsely misleading the pregnant woman.

Another person commented that it was gross to prank a pregnant woman who was expecting a baby girl after giving birth to two boys.