Sister act: Let's hear it for older siblings

By Chrissie Swan
Updated June 18 2013 - 10:08am, first published January 21 2013 - 4:00am

I am about three months away from welcoming my third child into the world, and apart from being beside myself with excitement about having what is these days quite a large family, I can't help but think of how lucky this baby is already. He or she will be born in the same position I was privileged enough to be born into: third. Having two older siblings has been the luckiest stroke of my life and it happened, with no effort from me, on the day I was born.

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