'I fell pregnant at the same time as my mum - we had babies two weeks apart'

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