A COUPLE have been labelled “unbelievably selfish” by trolls after announcing they’re expecting their fifth baby.
Nicole and Sam Austin have made a name for themselves on social media in recent months, after opening up about living in a council house and their struggle to keep it clean and tidy.
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The mum-of-four also recently explained she’d referred herself to social services because of how much she’s been struggling.
However, in their latest TikTok video, the pair announced their expecting another baby.
They explained that Sam had actually been booked in for a vasectomy when they found out Nicole was pregnant, but she insisted he’ll still be going ahead with the snip despite her pregnancy.
“We have a secret. One of us is pregnant. Can you guess who?” Nicole joked at the beginning of the video.
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She then cradled her growing bump as she said: “Surprise! We are expecting baby Austin number five.
“Due in the beginning of September, we are expecting another gorgeous little baby!”
Nicole went on to insist they are “not naive” as to how “stupid” they had been to fall pregnant, especially as they’d decided around Christmas time that they were “done with children”.
So Sam went ahead and booked the snip.
However, before that appointment, Nicole “kept getting ill constantly throughout December”.
So, just before Christmas, she took a pregnancy test – which was negative.
She did another test around New Year’s Day, which was once again “clear as day negative”.
Nicole added there was only one date they could have conceived on – Sam’s birthday – so she thought they were “in the clear”.
And it wasn’t until she went for an ultrasound related to her polycystic ovaries that she was told she was pregnant.
“It came as such a shock,” she sighed.
“And Sam and I clearly know we’re not in the best situation right now.
“And trust me, Sam’s still booked in for that vasectomy!”
Sharing the video on TikTok, Nicole wrote in the caption: “Surprise!
“I know we are probably gonna get hate for this however I’m not gonna be able to hide it with hoodies forever.
“Let’s get some support, get our lives on track, save to move house and enjoy this new chapter.”
But, as predicted, the comments section was almost immediately filled with people trolling the pair for their pregnancy announcement.
“This is unbelievably selfish,” one raged.
“She says she’s struggling already – another kid isn’t gonna help no matter what way you look at it,” another said.
“Are you actually serious!? A tiny 2 bed house with 2 adults & 5 kids in it!?” a third commented.
“Those kids need removing from your care.
“This is actually disgusting to hear!”
“It’s scary isn’t it,” someone else agreed.
“She posted saying they had no money the other day. The house is neglected, now another baby.
“Why aren’t social services taking action?”
As someone called them “irresponsible”, another labelled them a “typical council estate family” – accusing them of “having baby after baby when they can’t even afford to feed one child without the taxpayer’s money”.
“We had to stop at two – there’s no way we could afford more!!” someone else wrote.
£I have everything from Archie, I breastfeed all my children so don’t buy formula, it doesn’t have to be a huge expense,” Nicole insisted.
“Not to sound awful but you shouldn’t really have children till you financially support them and provide them with a clean place to live!” another added.
“Well we didn’t plan it and I couldn’t bring myself to have an abortion so here we are…” Nicole replied.
“I had sympathy for you until you now added another child into this over crowded mix,” someone else sighed.
To which Nicole responded: “We are not naive to the fact that this is not a good move however, it’s happened.”
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