A mother has shared the hack she used to keep her pregnancy secret when offered alcohol.
It has been hailed as "genius" by those who may want to keep their big news under wraps, particularly during the initial stages of pregnancy.
Deciding when to tell family and friends is an extremely personal decision but some loved ones are nosier than others.
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Pregnant women looking to keep their news to themselves are often left with the conundrum of how to hide the news - particularly at events where the tell-tale signs of pregnancy may arise, like social settings where alcohol is involved.
One mum took to TikTok to explain how to keep a pregnancy a secret at social events in a video that has left viewers amazed, Mirror UK reports.
Tori, who posts on the platform under the social media handle @ _1toripontin, revealed a clever trick that allowed her to pretend to drink alcohol at parties without anyone noticing.
The clip shows the woman emptying a bottle of rose wine into a plastic bottle, before filling it up with squash and and a splash of water and sealing the lid again.
It sounds simple, but the cunning trick is made even more believable as the mum mixes in a squeeze of super concentrated orange squash in order to achieve a near-identical colour to the rose wine she is looking to emulate.
The caption of the video reads: "How i kept my pregnancy a secret through the social events" with a crying face emoji and a laughing emoji.
After racking up more than 840,000 views on the platform, Tori's video has received praise from fellow TikTok users who branded the hack 'genius'.
One commenter said: "Blooming genius!" while another added "brilliant" with a clapping emoji and lots of laughing emojis.
Other mums took to the comments section to share their own tips, with one writing: "I did this with water in a vodka bottle, had it with lime and soda. My friend tried some and goes ‘wow this is so easy to drink it’s just like water!'".
Another person added: "I did this but swapped it with alcohol free wine, I found out xmas eve I was pregnant so had to hide it xmas day".
One woman joked: "Me doing this the other way round at the park with the kids".
Some commenters were more critical of the hack, with one writing: "This is so weird! Just don’t drink".
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