37-Year-Old Mother Gives Birth To Her 16th Child And She Already Wants Another

37-Year-Old Mother Gives Birth To Her 16th
Child And She Already Wants Another
Baker’s wife Sue Radford knows what it is to
have a bun in the oven – she has just given
birth to her 16th child.
The 37-year-old supermum now has nine sons
and seven daughters since welcoming little
Casper into the world just over a month ago – in
a labour that took just 16 minutes.
But incredibly, being Britain’s biggest family alone
is not enough for Sue, who told husband Noel as
soon as she came home from hospital: ‘I want
another.’
The couple, who together run a bakery in
Morecambe, Lancashire, are completely self-
sufficient and receive no state benefits.
They live in a nine-bedroom former care home in
the town which has an industrial-sized washing
machine and a giant fridge to keep the
mountains of food the family get through every
day.
Food costs the couple £250 a week. Each day the
family eats three loaves of bread, two boxes of
cereal and 18 pints of milk while an average
supper can include 16 pork chops, 15lbs of
potatoes, three cabbages and 30 carrots.
‘I just love being a mummy. We are so lucky,’ Sue
told The Sun. ‘I get very emotional when I see the
children all together.
‘I know people stare. Some think they won’t get
the attention they need, but people don’t realise
how dedicated we are… And maybe we’ll be
lucky enough to have more.’
The couple began their family unexpectedly early
when they were teenagers and she was still at
school. For other couples this might have spelled
disaster, but not for the Radfords, whose eldest
son Christopher is now 23.
Sue finished school and they married when she
was 18, planning to have ‘perhaps another one
or two’ children. Once Sophie, 18, and Chloe, 17,
had arrived, however, the couple discovered they
were enjoying parenthood so much that they just
kept going.
It was after the arrival of Jack, 15, and while Mrs
Radford was pregnant with Daniel, 13, that the
couple found their current house – a nine-
bedroom Victorian former old people’s home
that was in need of work. And sure enough it
wasn’t long before with each new room they
decorated, there were children to share it.
In quick succession they had Luke, 11, Millie, ten,
Katie, nine, James, eight, Ellie, seven, and Aimee,
six. Then, after a brief gap, came Josh, four, Max,
three, and Tilly May, two, followed.
A year ago Sue gave birth to Oscar before Casper
was born last month at a healthy 8lb and 8oz.
Mr Radford works hard running the bakery,
which is just a short drive from home, while Mrs
Radford helps out whenever she’s not on
maternity leave. And their extended family just
got bigger after Sophie gave birth to Sue and
Noel’s first grandchild Daisy.