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Supermum Sue Radford is celebrating the birth of her 21st baby. Sue, 43, welcomed Bonnie Raye into her king-sized clan after a 12-minute labour. Her other kids were thrilled when she brought 8lb 4oz Bonnie back to the familys ten-bedroom converted care home in Morecambe, Lancs.
Her baker husband Noel, 47, said: I dont think anyone sets out thinking theyll have 21 children. We thought wed have three." Supermum Sue, 43, said: Weve both decided we dont want any more. Bonnie has completed our family. Noel, 47, added: Some people decide to stop after two or three kids. Weve made it after 21.
The couple have said similar things before, including after 14-month-old Archie. And Noel even had a vasectomy, later reversed, after baby number nine. But Sue, who has spent a total of 811 weeks (15½ years) pregnant, insisted: It has to come to an end at some point.
The couple, who support themselves with their bakery and claim only child benefits, had their first baby when Sue was just 14.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7705758/radford-britains-biggest-family-21st-baby-last-one/
underpants
(182,877 posts)12 minutes?
My wife's grandmother had 17 in 20 or 25 years.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)You're speaking of human beings, not pieces of shit
Squinch
(51,004 posts)Where's the problem?
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whathehell
(29,090 posts)You've never experienced labor and never will, and your male
privilege allows the arrogant assumption that labor of a 'mere'
12 minutes is a breeze, a big nothing, like "popping" gum.
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Squinch
(51,004 posts)And are you kidding? Yes, a labor of 12 minutes is astonishingly easy.
Lighten up, Francis. Your outrage is ridiculous.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Sue herself has done that and intends to keep it that way.
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Tiny Bonnie comes into the world already an aunt to 4 nieces and nephews, so no doubt this family will always have babies to love.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)I'm pretty "light" already, Francis.
That said, patriarchal societies are filled with male identified women.
Squinch
(51,004 posts)whathehell
(29,090 posts)harumph
(1,913 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)I'd definitely say 12 minutes qualifies as a breeze.
She must be one of those rare women who find pregnancy easy-peasy -- like, no vomiting. Or like my dad's cousin, who believed what the Pope told her and had 11 kids. Or like my mom's cousin's wife, who never felt happy unless she had an infant in her arms (12 kids) and took to drink after her husband had a vasectomy and denied her any more of that.
And really, all those people were born in the 1920's, like almost a century ago now. Even my own grandma, born in the 1880s, knew enough to stop at four when her doc told her to, so numbers 5 and 6 were considerably later.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)An 17yr old having sex with a 13 year old.....creepy.
brush
(53,844 posts)It must be small hotel-sized.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)"... the familys ten- bedroom converted care home".
Definition of 'care home':
A care home is a large house or institution where people with particular problems or special needs are looked after.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/care-home
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)dustyscamp
(2,228 posts)Squinch
(51,004 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Very rarely do I laugh at a post, but this is absolutely hilarious!
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)to try to guess who.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)Ick.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)How do these women do it? I don't understand how they can still be up and walking.
49jim
(560 posts)children from 1906 until 1932. There was a set of triplets and a set of twins in the group. My dad was # 12. The last remaining child is my aunt that will be 86 in December.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)I guess at least one of those ratifies that decision. Anyone who is voluntarily childless can look to that family as justification for the decision. It's plenty of children being born. Ours were not needed.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)PJMcK
(22,048 posts)You are a wise, articulate and intelligent man.
Your genes would be a great contribution to "The Pool."
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, amigo.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Tom Rivers
(459 posts)it's why democrats lose elections in that region
theaocp
(4,244 posts)of children already born who need loving homes.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,485 posts)Because England is such a sparsely populated country.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Let's just hope the mill doesn't close.
Raine
(30,540 posts)do the parenting just like in the Duggar family and most likely have no life of their own. IMO these people are mentally ill.
Mariana
(14,860 posts)back when there was no such thing as reliable birth control. The oldest daughters were likely to remain single. My guess is they'd already had quite enough of mothering, thank you very much, and had no desire to start doing it again.
woodsprite
(11,924 posts)She was the oldest of my great grandmothers 12 kids 2 died before their 2nd birthday). My grandparents worked the farm along with the older boys. I guess farming is why they aimed for a large family. Aunt Mabel took care of the younger ones and the babies. Im very grateful she saved my grandmother from drowning in the creek one day. Ran to a bridge and caught hold of my grandmothers hair bow.
Mabel married her cousin. They were best friends and neither one wanted any kids. They did adopt a niece when her mother died from a botched abortion. The father was only interested in keeping the boy and was going to put the daughter in an orphanage, but signed her over to them instead.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I bet they've had 23 and misplaced a couple of them over the years.
Anybody seen Danny?
Who?
Didn't we have a Danny?
I don't think so.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)The kids look healthy and happy and the home is large and well kept.
So there's that.
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Even the Duggars didn't accomplish that.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The planet is already over populated and that woman is popping out 21 babies.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)People need to control their fertility. 4 kids, fine. 21 kids, insane. There is a social and emotional cost to this kind of blind reproduction.
Croney
(4,670 posts)Maybe a couple hundred bucks per child? Times 21? 🤔
My 95-year-old mother is the last of 14 siblings. I myself have popped out a few kids and they've xeroxed themselves and those people have made additional copies. I have made too many people, but I can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Charlotte Little
(658 posts)I'll use the word squirt. No one needs to squirt this many babies out. Excessive breeding doesn't begin to describe it.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 11, 2018, 11:36 AM - Edit history (1)
Squirting is way too easy -- .More like the dad's role.