SUE and Noel Radford are parents to Britain’s biggest family having had 22 kids.
But while they often share their fun-filled family life online – they are open about celebrating the life of their son Alfie, who was stillborn in 2014.
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Sue shared how the family have found a new way of commemorating their beloved baby.
The Morecambe-based mum wrote: “Received Alfie’s birth certificate yesterday.
“This is going to be framed. So precious.”
Baby joy
This comes as the Radford family is due to get even larger, as Chloe Radford has announced that she is expecting another baby.
In a heart-warming video the 29-year-old revealed how she is expecting to become a family of four, alongside her security guard boyfriend Jacob Wallace.
Chloe, who already shares adorable daughter Mila, two, with Jacob shared the sweet footage with her 153,000 followers showing off a positive pregnancy test.
The video also showed the couple letting their daughter know through an ultrasound recording that they put on their living room television.
This will be Noel and Sue’s 16th grandchild.
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Alfie tribute
Taking to Instagram in July, Sue shared a touching post dedicated to her 17th child.
“This time 10 years ago I was in a labour room being told our beautiful baby boy had no heartbeat.
“I would be induced a few hours later for him to be born silent but perfect at 7:54am the next morning.
“This time of year never ever gets easier. I cant believe it’s 10 years tomorrow since he was born,” she wrote.
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The family shared the sad news in 2014 on Facebook, they wrote: “Our beautiful baby boy Alfie Thomas was born sleeping at 7.53am today. He was so perfect in every way.
“Our hearts are breaking, you will always be a huge part of our lives, Alfie, know that we loved you very much.”
Alfie’s death came nearly a year after Sue suffered a miscarriage in September 2013.
The Radfords now call Alfie their “missing heartbeat” and Sue had paid tribute to her late son in a very special way.
Sue’s tattoo
Sue previously explained that the reason she has a tattoo on her hand of small footprints is because of Alfie.
She said: “So I’ve had lots of messages and comments asking me what the tattoo is on my hand. So thought I’d put a post up to show you.
“The hand tattoo is Alfie’s handprints and I’ve also got his footprints on my foot. I love that I can always see his little hand prints on my hand and that his little feet always walk with me wherever I go.”
On Sue’s foot tattoo she also has his full name, which reads: “Alfie Thomas Radford 06.07.2014.”
Sue and Noel Radford‘s children are: Chris, 35, Sophie, 30, Chloe, 29, Jack, 27, Daniel, 25, Luke, 24, Millie, 22, Katie, 21, James, 20, Ellie, 19, Aimee, 18, Josh, 17, Max, 15, Tillie, 14, Oscar, 12, Casper, 12, Hallie, 9, Phoebe, 8, Archiem 7, Bonnie, 5, and Heidie, 4.
The stars of Channel 5’s 22 Kids and Counting don’t rely on benefits and support themselves with their pie shop business.
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
Sue shared further information on obtaining a baby loss certificate on her Instagram story.
She included a screenshot of the Gov.uk site, which explained how to go about the process.
The information detailed that the free certificate can be obtained for any pregnancy which ended before 24 weeks, or 28 weeks if it occurred before October 1st 1992.
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