Jacqueline Woodwell was pregnant for 17 of the last 18 months. She's finally in her third trimester.

For Jacqueline Woodwell, welcoming her first two children was an experience filled with complete joy. However, when she found out that she was pregnant again, she knew there was a long journey in store.

The US-based mum of two, soon to be three, has been documenting her family's journey online, sharing a viral TikTok in which she said that she had been pregnant for a total of 17 out of the last 18 months.

"Been pregnant for 17 of the past 18 months, only two and a half more weeks," she shared online. 

It's safe to say that it went viral because the 'math isn't math-ing'. 

"Wait, you've been been pregnant for over a year?" one commented.

"I thought it was 9 months not 17 months?" another added.

The TikTok was a little bit misleading. Jacqueline hasn't had a pregnancy twice as long as usual, she's having something called 'Irish twins'. 

Irish twins is the colloquial term for mothers who get pregnant again very quickly after giving birth, meaning their children are born very close together. 

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So, in this instance, Woodwell had given birth and become pregnant again just six weeks later. This means that she could simultaneously have a 38 week old baby and a pregnancy of 32 week gestation.

This newest pregnancy will make Jacqueline's family a group of five, with a seven-year-old daughter, Grace, 10-month-old toddler, Emma, and soon-to-be-born child to round off the squad.

When she became pregnant with Emma, Jacqueline shared a video showing her shock that she was pregnant after such a long gap with her first. 

"If you couldn't tell I'm basically spiralling at this point," she said. "Let's go take a pregnancy test."

Of course, it turned out that she was indeed pregnant. 

Flash forward to nearly two months after giving birth, she posted another TikTok saying, "I think I might be pregnant, but I'm also only two months postpartum."

"I am so embarrassed going in [to the pharmacy] with a two-month-old and getting a pregnancy test. I made sure no one was even near this aisle when I went down it," she explained.

Jacqueline grabbed the pregnancy test, but there was an error, so she had to go back for another test. 

While anxiously waiting for the result, she asked her partner how he would feel if they were pregnant again so soon.

"I'll be just fine either way," he said to the camera. "But I know Jacqueline wants a little break."

It did end up that the test was positive, and now they've got their third little one on the way. 

Naturally, Jacqueline has been peppered with questions about how this happens, and she has assured her followers that they were taking precautions and that Irish Twins are "more common than it's talked about."

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That indeed is true.

Australian influencer Indy Clinton had a similar situation, although her baby was six months old when she found out she was pregnant again. 

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Filming herself taking the test alongside her children, the positive result sent her into a bit of shock. When she says it's 'bad', her little one corrects her that it's a good thing, to which she eventually agrees. 

"Probably didn't help I fell pregnant five months postpartum, two-and-a-half weeks after a LEEPS procedure (treatment to prevent cervical cancer) and still breastfeeding," she told 7News.

"I really said to my body, 'You want a challenge?'..."Being pregnant, for me, is tough as I feel like I really lose myself."

Indy managed to make it through her third pregnancy, welcoming baby Soul Valerie in December 2023. 

Feature image: Instagram/TikTok: jacquelinewoodwell