Supermum Sue Radford Welcomes Birth Of 22nd Baby In 2020 After Her Ten-Hour Labor

Sep 11, 2020 by apost team

Britain's biggest family announced the birth of their 22nd child at Royal Lancaster Infirmary early this April in what the mother, 45-year-old Sue Radford, said was her “strangest birth yet.” The Radford family runs a bakery and lives in a 10-bedroom house in Morecambe, Lancs in Northwestern England with their children. They continue to update fans on their YouTube channel, with their most recent video highlighting Phoebe's first day of school.

The family’s new addition, a little girl weighing in at 7 pounds, was born on April 3 after ten hours of labor, according to The Sun. The family took some time to settle on a name for their new child, which is understandable given that it's the Radford’s 11th girl (that’s a lot of names to come up with). But the family eventually decided to name their 22nd Heidie Rose. Whatever she’s called, the new baby will join Britain's biggest family, which includes siblings (from oldest to youngest) Chloe, Jack, Daniel, Luke, Millie, Katie, James, Ellie Aimee, Josh, Max, Tillie, Oscar, Casper, Hallie,  Phoebe, Archie, and Bonnie, according to The Sun. Because of the family’s incredible size, The Sun reports that the Radfords pay £250 a week ($311) for groceries, which includes three cereal boxes per day for breakfast along with 18 pints of milk.

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The couple, which includes mother Sue Radford and father Noel, 49, started having children early. According to The Sun, Sue was just 14 years old when she had her first child, Christopher, who is now 30 years old and has two children of his own. The Radford family’s oldest daughter is 26-year-old Sophie who also has a family of her own with 3 children.

After Sue and Noel’s ninth baby, Noel had a vasectomy, removing his ability to have more children. But after some deliberation, Noel had the procedure reversed — and now, 13 children later, they just keep on coming. Sue has spent more than 800 weeks, or around 15 years, of her life pregnant, according to The Sun.

When asked about their newborn daughter’s birth, Sue said that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic had worried her given that she wanted her husband to be by her side in the hospital.

“I was more scared than I had ever been going into hospital with everything going on with the virus,” Sue told The Sun. “I was so worried that Noel wouldn’t be allowed to stay with me. We have all been isolating and it seemed wrong to leave our safe bubble to go to a hospital. But when I got there I felt safe straight away. It was the strangest birth yet but by the end of it I would say it was actually one of the best experiences I have had.”

According to The Sun, Sue added that their new baby girl, the 22nd addition to Britain's biggest (and still growing) family, would be their last — though she’s said that before.

If you'd like to follow the Radford family online, check out their YouTube channel.

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