Woman Tries to Surprise Best Friend with Pregnancy Reveal — But Mom-to-Be Gets Shocking News in Return (Exclusive)

Lauren Hamilton and Madison Walters are both due to give birth in early December

Lauren Hamilton and her husband, Patrick, were seated at the dinner table with their close friends Madison Walters and her husband, Will, when Lauren reached for a bottle of wine.

The friends, who had met on Bumble BFF three years ago, hadn't seen each other in a while. So, when Hamilton learned she was pregnant just seven weeks earlier, she wanted to surprise her friend in a creative way. Knowing their shared love for wine nights, she decided to incorporate it into the reveal.

As Hamilton, 27, handed Walters, a physician assistant in the cardiology field, the bottle inscribed with the message, "Welcome to the cool aunt club," she saw her friend's face light up.

Rather than speaking, Walters walked to her bag and pulled out a wine bottle with an identical label. In that moment, both friends realized they were pregnant at the same time.

"I didn't even know how to react," Walters, 28, tells PEOPLE exclusively. "I was like, 'What? This is just so crazy.' Obviously, we were so excited to tell each other personally, but being able to experience that together was the ultimate surprise."

"It was just excitement, knowing that we were going to go through every step together and realizing we were probably very close in timeline was the biggest gift in the world," adds Hamilton, who works in tech sales. "We're just so lucky to have each other and be able to check in and say, 'Is this normal?' "

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Before the announcement, the North Carolina locals, who are each expecting their first baby, along with their friend Stephanie, who is also currently pregnant, had discussed coordinating their pregnancies.

However, they realized that regardless of their efforts, disappointment might ensue, so they decided to let fate decide.

"It honestly ended up working out that our timelines happened to align without us even knowing," Hamilton says. "We just got really, really lucky and it was so exciting."

"They did not know before that night that the other one was pregnant," Walters adds, about their husbands. "But there had been a time where Patrick noticed I wasn't drinking one night and he clocked that, but they had not spoken to each other about it beforehand."

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Shortly after the reveal, Walters and Hamilton posted a video of the special moment on TikTok to share with friends and family. To their surprise, the video went viral, garnering over 5 million views.

After it gained traction, they decided to dedicate their social media page to their pregnancy journey as a space for them to look back on.

"We've been having a lot of fun with it," Walters says. "It's been fun reading all the comments and hearing from other people who are either in a similar stage of life or have been following our journey."

"We have done a lot together," Hamilton adds. "We obviously talk about everything from our nursery plans to our registries, to just everything getting ready for the baby. One of my favorite things we did was we took a beach weekend with two of our other girlfriends and our other friend Miriam and all of the husbands."

"Besides that, if I've ever had any minor scares or fears or thoughts, our group message is just ever flowing with positive encouragement and sanity checks, which is super useful too," she adds.

Looking back on the night of their reveal, the moms-to-be opened their pregnancy apps to compare timelines.

"We both saw Dec. 10 as our due date," Hamilton says. "So we literally had the same exact due date."

"Now my due date is Dec. 8 and Lauren's is Dec. 10, just two days apart," Walters adds. "We really are living the dream and we definitely don't take it for granted. This is so, so lucky."

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