I became pregnant at the same time as my mother

A mother and daughter who became pregnant at the same time each gave birth to baby boys just two weeks apart — and the uncle and cousin now both start school in September.

Melanie Warburton, 44, came home to tell her daughter Keesha, 24, that she was expecting after her six-week scan in June 2018 – just as Keesha had taken a pregnancy test that revealed the good news.

The couple from Atherton, Greater Manchester went to appointments together, shopped for baby clothes and even shared a baby shower together.

Melanie gave birth to her son, Grayson, four – her third child – via caesarean section on January 15, 2019, and Keesha was induced two weeks later on January 29, giving birth to a baby boy; Carter.

Both are now four years old.

“I came down the stairs with a pregnancy test in my hand and there was my mom with a scan in her hand,” Keesha, a teaching assistant in training, said of the experience.

“I came with a pregnancy test and mom said, ‘I can’t have anything for myself,'” she joked.

“It was crazy but amazing going through the pregnancy and delivery with her.”

Melanie, 44, a stay-at-home mom, also called the experience “amazing.”

The mother-of-three along with husband William Warburton, 36 – Keesha’s stepfather, a health and safety specialist – tried after she had her fallopian tubes detached.

“Because of the hormones we both had, we ripped into each other a few times,” she admitted.

Keesha, who had previously suffered a stillbirth, also stressed the importance of her mother’s guidance during this time as Melanie “reassured her every step of the way.”

“It was great that my mom told me everything was normal or okay,” she added.

The couple from Atherton, Greater Manchester went to appointments together, shopped for baby clothes and even shared a baby shower together. Both in the picture with their newborn babies

Carter and Grayson (both pictured), who have even worn matching outfits for Halloween, are now starting school in September

Melanie, 44, a stay-at-home mom, also called the experience “amazing.” Left and right in the picture with Keesha as a baby

Melanie in the picture with Keesha as a baby. The couple both enjoyed their pregnancies at the same time

Keesha, who had previously suffered a stillbirth, also stressed the importance of her mother’s guidance during this time

Pictured in matching outfits, Carter and Grayson are more like “brothers” despite being uncle and cousin

Keesha says it was “incredible” if “a little crazy” to have a son (pictured right) and little brother (pictured left) at the same time

She felt the baby move and two weeks later I felt it.

“We just went through everything together. It was incredible to have a little brother and have my own son at the same time.

“A little crazy, but just great.”

Keesha, who has been with partner Callum Pearson, 23, a stay-at-home dad for six years, is also excited to see both her son and little brother take the next big step together.

Although officially “uncle” and “cousin,” the pair say their boys are like “brothers.”

Carter and Grayson pictured together. Keesha and Melanie say the duo are close and get along well

Despite being uncle and cousin, the couple act more like brothers, having passed milestones so close together

The two boys (pictured when they were younger) get along great, says Keesha, and both start school in September

Carter and Grayson introduced themselves when they were younger. The couple has been close ever since their mothers became pregnant

The two boys, who have even worn matching outfits for Halloween, will now start school in September.

“It was great to see how well Carter and Grayson get along,” she said, touched.

“They had every milestone so close together. It was so beautiful to see.’

Two months after giving birth, Keesha found out she was pregnant with twins and gave birth to Lottie and Louis, now three, in the same room she was born in, on her 21st birthday.