A mother and daughter got pregnant at the same time and each gave birth to baby boys just a fortnight apart. Keesha Warburton, 24, found out she was pregnant at the same time she discovered her mum, Melanie Warburton, 44, was also expecting.
Melanie came home to break the news after her six week scan, just as Keesha, from Atherton, Wigan, had taken a pregnancy test. They went to appointments together, shopped for baby clothes and even shared a joint baby shower.
Melanie gave birth to her son, Grayson, four - her third child - via c-section on January 15 2019 at 4.08pm, weighing 6lbs 7oz, and Keesha was induced two weeks later on January 29. She had a baby boy, Carter, four, at 10.55am- weighing 5lbs 4oz.
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Although officially 'uncle' and 'nephew', the pair say their boys are like 'brothers'. Two months later, Keesha found out she was pregnant again with twins and gave birth to them on January 7 2020, on her 21st birthday, and in the same room she was born.
Keesha, a trainee teaching assistant, said: "I came down the stairs with a pregnancy test in my hand and there was my mum with a scan in her hand. It was bonkers but amazing to go through pregnancy and giving birth with her.
"She reassured me every step of the way. Our two boys get along amazing with each other. They bounce off each other."
Melanie, 44, a stay-at-home mum, from Atherton, Wigan said: "It was wonderful but because of the hormones we both had we did rip into each other a few times."
Melanie had been trying for a baby with her husband William Warburton, 36, Keesha's step dad, a health and safety specialist after getting her tubes untied and found out she was expecting in May 2018. She came home to show her daughter the scan after her six week appointment in June 2018 but before she could Keesha broke the news she was pregnant by showing her a pregnancy test.
Keesha said: "I came down with a pregnancy test and mum was like ‘I can’t have anything for myself.'"
Keesha - who has been with partner, Callum Pearson, 23, a stay-at-home dad, for six years - said: "I had suffered a stillbirth previously so it was amazing having my mum telling me everything was normal or ok. She'd feel the baby move and then two weeks later I would.
"We just went through everything together."
The close mum and daughter spent the nine months shopping for baby essentials together and preparing for their arrivals. They even both found out they were expecting boys and had a baby shower together with friends and family.
On January 14 2019, Melanie was taken to Bolton Royal Hospital, Greater Manchester, to have a c-section after she suddenly went into labour three weeks early. She was able to hold out until January 15 and Keesha was able to hold her baby brother, Grayson, now four, after he was born.
Two weeks later, after being induced, Keesha gave birth to her son, Carter, and her mum was able to be a birthing partner.
Keesha said: "To get a little brother and have my own son at the same time was incredible. A little bit bonkers but just amazing.
"The two boys now get on amazingly and have even worn matching outfits for Halloween."
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