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CHLOE Radford has admitted she is ‘struggling’ with her second pregnancy and revealed her symptoms are ‘getting worse’.
Three months after she shared that Britain’s biggest family is due to get even larger, the 29-year-old, who is already mother to adorable daughter Mila, two, with her security guard boyfriend Jacob Wallace, shared a candid ‘bump update’ with fans.
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The blonde beauty, who previously opened up on feeling ‘guilty’ and wanting to ‘cry all the time’, is now 26 weeks pregnant with her second child and claimed that her bump has ‘definitely popped’.
Sharing all with her 96,500 TikTok followers, the content creator explained: “First off, my heartburn/acid reflux is getting worse.
“I was in bed the other night and I was nearly sick from it, it was so bad.
“The next morning I actually was sick from that. It’s getting worse so I do actually need to go to the shop and get some Rennie’s or something.”
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Not only has Chloe been secretly struggling with heartburn, but she’s also been dealing with painful back ache too, as she added: “My back pain/pelvic pain is quite bad. It feels like a shooting pain.
“So I'm not sure if he's maybe sat on a nerve or I've got a bit of sciatica pain or whatever, I'm not sure.”
Noel and Sue Radford’s second eldest daughter then confirmed: “This pregnancy is so different, just completely different to Mila's.
“I had such an easy time with her, whereas I feel like this time I am struggling a bit more.
“I'm not enjoying it as much as when I was pregnant with Mila. Just the aches and the pains and all the symptoms.”
Not only is she ‘really not enjoying it as much’ this time around, but Chloe, who works as a bakery manager at the family’s Radford Pie Company, also shared: “Even though he's got an anterior placenta, I can actually see him moving around and things. That's amazing because I never really got that with Mila.
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“I've got an appointment with the midwife in two weeks and I think that's when they will start measuring the bump, which I'm really excited to see how he's measuring.”
Chloe, who began her relationship with her partner Jacob in 2021 and gave birth to their first child on July 23, 2022, also opened up on her current sleep battle, as she confessed: “It’s all just typical pregnancy symptoms, I just need the acid reflux and heartburn to just calm down a little bit, because it's not nice, is it?
I'm not enjoying it as much as when I was pregnant with Mila
Chloe Radford
“Aside from that, I'm feeling good, just tired. I can't sleep properly.
“I feel like I'm not really going into much of a deep sleep. I'm tossing and turning, not getting comfortable and having to get up to go for a wee all the time.”
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
But as Chloe, who is the third oldest Radford child, approaches her due date, she acknowledged: “Got 14 weeks left. Well, could be 14, could be 16, who knows?
“I'm so on edge that he's going to come early. I'm just worried that he's gonna be early.
“I'm freaking out, I'm really freaking out.”
Radford fans flock
Chloe posted her clip on her official TikTok account @itschloexa, four days ago, and it has quickly racked up 134,900 views.
Fans quickly flocked to the comments, eager to share support and guidance for Chloe.
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.
One person said: “Poor you Chloe, I was like that but it’s all worth it in the end.”
Another added: “You still look amazing.”
A third commented: “Try bicarbonate of soda in milk or water. It's awful but it certainly works.”
Whilst someone else chimed in: “I swear by Trebor extra strong mints. They work better than Rennie’s or Gaviscon.”
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