Nikki Bellais one radiant mom-to-be!

On Wednesday — the same day Nikki and herTotal Bellascostar/twin sisterBrie Bellarevealed exclusively to PEOPLE that they’reboth pregnant (and due just a week and a half apart!) — Nikki was photographed out in Los Angeles, on her way to pay a friend a visit.

For the outing, Nikki, 36, wore a pair of high-waisted black leggings and black sports bra under a sheer mesh red tank top. She wore her long dark hair down straight over her shoulders, and accessorized in large sunglasses and gray sneakers with pink laces. At one point, the expectant mama placed her hand on her belly.

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Pregnant Nikki Bella rubs her belly after feeding her parking meter on her way to visit a friend in Los Angeles

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Brie Bella and Nikki Bella.James White

Brie and Nikki Bella

Nikki told PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday, that her pregnancy with her new fiancé andDancing with the Starspro Chigvintsev, 37, was a surprise, as the couple hadn’t been actively trying to conceive. But she had a “feeling.”

“I was in yoga, and I kept getting this feeling that you need to take a pregnancy test, but I wasn’t even late yet,” said Nikki,who got engaged during aromantic trip to France in November. “And so I’m like, ‘Why do I keep having this feeling? Am I getting twin vibes from her? Because she just told me she’s pregnant?’ ”

Nikki and Brie Bella.James White

Brie and Nikki Bella

Nikki explained that it took both herself and Chigvintsev “a good week”to “digest” the news, becausethey “both were shocked.”

In fact, “I didn’t think I could get pregnant,” she admitted. “[I thought] that I’d have to have help, so I was in theprocess of going to freeze my eggs.”

source: people.com