'I should have listened to my midwife when she warned me'

"I now have two kids under 10 months."

A mum on TikTok has shared how she has 'twins' who will be in the same year at school yet were born months apart. 

Jemma McCullough, a mum-of-two and influencer, took to her account to detail her unconventional family situation. 

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"One piece of labour advice?" she says in a clip showing her pregnant belly.

"Listen to your midwife when she tells you how fertile you are after birth," she continues, sharing photos of her infants.

Image: TikTok

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"I was already 23 weeks pregnant when I found out"

In another clip, Jemma explains that after she gave birth the first time around, she was thrilled to no longer be pregnant. 

However, a few months later, she found out she had gotten pregnant yet again, just three weeks after her son was born. 

"I was already 23 weeks pregnant when I found out," she said.

She gave birth to her daughter just ten months after she had her son.

Her kids are now two and one and will be in the same school year when they get older.

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The use of the term 'twins'

Babies that are born less than a year apart are sometimes referred to as 'Irish twins', meaning that the mum's children are technically twins.

Despite the term usually being used derogatively, as Catholic families often had many kids close together, the mum uses the term freely across her account. 

Kidspot does not endorse the use of this word but mentions it to explain why she calls them 'twins'. 

"Wait, what?"

In the comments of her videos, people were left gobsmacked.

"Girl, how did you even want to do that so soon after?

"I think I was still wearing diapers at that stage." said one.

"Wait, what? I had postpartum bleeding and spotting for at least six weeks," said another.

"Am I the only one left in the world still respecting the six week rule? Haha," asked someone else.

Originally published as 'I should have listened to my midwife when she warned me'