Chloe Radford shares ‘scary’ and ‘nerve racking’ pregnancy update & reveals she ‘doesn’t have long’ until birth
CHLOE Radford has shared a ‘scary’ and very ‘nerve racking’ pregnancy update.
The 29-year-old, who is already mother to adorable daughter Mila, two, with security guard boyfriend Jacob Wallace, has revealed that she ‘doesn’t have long’ until she is due to give birth.
The blonde beauty, who previously opened up on feeling “guilty” and wanting to “cry all the time”, is now 38 weeks pregnant with her second child, a baby boy.
Sharing all with her 103,300 TikTok followers, the content creator who stars in the Channel 5 show 22 Kids & Counting, Chloe confessed that she has been suffering with high blood pressure and has now got an induction date booked in.
As she sat in her bedroom wearing an oversized t-shirt, she said: “Hey, guys, so update on where we’re at with pregnancy and everything like that – I went to the day assessment unit today and they were monitoring my blood pressure again and I was on the monitor as well.
“Baby boy is very happy in there – he’s absolutely fine.
“My blood pressure – so they do it four times over the space of an hour – and it was ok the first two times and then the other two times it was high again. I don’t know why, because I was literally just sat relaxing, so I have no idea why.
“I also had my bloods taken, which I should get the results in the next day or so and I think that’s just testing for pre-eclampsia.
“My blood pressure is still high for some reason, so they’ve upped it to three blood pressure tablets instead of two a day.”
Chloe, who is Noel and Sue Radford’s second eldest daughter and recently admitted that she is “struggling” as she opened up on a secret battle that was “getting worse”, then added: “And exciting news is that we have an induction date which is not far away.
“It’s really, really exciting, but it’s also really scary and nerve-racking.
“I know that we’ve really not got long now until we meet him and have him in our arms, so that’s exciting.
“That is obviously only if he doesn’t come beforehand, which I don’t think he will, to be honest.”
The third oldest Radford child, who works as a bakery manager at the family’s Radford Pie Company, also shared: “He seems very comfortable in there.
Who's who in the Radford family?
The Radfords are Britain's biggest family with 22 children.
Here are the kids from eldest to youngest include:
- Chris – born May 7, 1989
- Sophie – born December 13, 1993
- Chloe – born July 31, 1995
- Jack – born April 9, 1997
- Daniel – born March 3, 1999
- Luke – born October 1, 2000
- Millie Radford – born August 29, 2001
- Katie – born November 14, 2002
- James – born October 17, 2003
- Ellie – born May 6, 2005
- Aimee – born April 21, 2006
- Josh – born July 3, 2007
- Max – born December 11, 2008
- Tillie – born May 2, 2010
- Oscar – born October 22, 2011
- Casper, – born October 3, 2012
- Hallie – born June 3, 2015
- Phoebe – born July 24, 2016
- Archie – born September 18, 2017
- Bonnie – born November 6, 2018
- Heidie – born April 3, 2020
“I’m not really feeling anything. So, yeah, that is where we’re at.”
Chloe, who began her relationship with her partner Jacob in 2021 and gave birth to their first child on July 23, 2022, then expressed: “Excited because I know that we really don’t have long left before he’s here.”
Chloe’s fans react
The TikTok clip, which was posted under her username @itschloexa, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as in two days, it has quickly racked up 118,100 views and 4,571 likes.
Many of Chloe’s fans eagerly raced to the comments, keen to share their experiences of being induced.
It’s really, really exciting, but it’s also really scary and nerve-racking
Chloe Radford
One person said: “I was induced with my third baby, the pessary never worked but the hormone drip did. It was a lot of waiting around.
“Unfortunately it took four days until I eventually had him. Be prepared to pack more.”
How does family-of-22 the Radfords afford to live?
AS Britain’s biggest family, it may come as no surprise that Sue and Noel Radford must have some hefty bills.
Between them, they have a whopping 22 children and seven dogs, which often has some people wonder how they manage their money.
The Radfords support themselves with the proceeds of Noel’s bakery, The Radford Pie Company, which is located near their home.
On their website, it says: “We have owned our own lovely bakery since 1999 which is how we manage to provide for (and feed) our huge and expanding family as well as for the local people of Heysham and Morecambe.”
The family expanded their business to cater to online orders placed across the UK.
The business is a family affair, with Noel at the helm, and some of their children helping out.
The older kids, who are working at least part-time, don’t get a free ride as they’re made to pay a small amount of rent to their parents.
“Us older ones do pay a little bit of board. Granted it’s not a lot but I’m also trying to save up for my own house at the moment.” their daughter Chloe said in a video on the YouTube channel.
Sue added: “We’ve always said if you want to buy somewhere, renting is a bit of dead money, so we’d rather you saved that money up and stayed at home a bit longer.
“I also do believe they should pay board if they are earning. We’ve always been brought up by our parents that we had to pay board.”
Noel and Sue famously don’t rely on benefits for their bumper brood and live off their pie shop for income.
They also revealed they make money from brand partnerships on social media.
The Radford family stars in their own reality TV show 22 Kids and Counting – which has run for four series.
Brand expert Andy Barr believes Noel and Sue have been paid less than £10,000 for each show.
He told the Daily Mail: “The typical fee per episode is going to be in the thousands rather than the tens or hundreds of thousands that people often think is the case with TV shows of this nature.
“If they continue to get commissioned for a fourth or fifth season, then they are going to be able to command a higher fee.”
He estimates that the Radfords make £ 5,000 an episode.
Another added: “I was induced and was on ward for five days waiting, not positive sorry but everyone is different.”
Meanwhile, a third mother explained: “I was induced at 37 weeks due to having high blood pressure. I had a really positive experience.
“Had my waters broke at 11:53am and then had the hormone drip a couple of hours later.”
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