22 Kids and Counting star Sue Radford concerned for daughter as she makes emotional admission
22 Kids and Counting star Sue Radford has opened up on the 'exhaustion' she felt when she worked right up until her due date. The reality star matriarch, 50, was seen in Sunday night's episode of the Channel 5 reality show where she and husband Noel dealt with the final throes of daughter Chloe's pregnancy.
The parents became concerned about just how much their daughter, 29, was taking on as she prepared to welcome her second baby with partner Jacob. But because Jacob was busy pursuing his dream of opening a gym, Chloe felt as if she had to work as much as possible in the family bakery because she was the one with the more 'stable income' at that time. But mother Sue could not help but show her concern for Chloe as the final weeks of her pregnancy came about, even though she admitted that she used to work just as hard.
In scenes aired towards the end of the weekend, Sue told Noel: "I know Chloe said she wants to work right up until the due date but I think it's gonna be too much for her, she's on her feet all day. I used to go up to 37 or 38 weeks. I was exhausted but the only worry is that sometimes you don't really realise until you've got a sore pelvis or you've got a sore back or whatever. You know what Chloe's like, you can't tell her, can you?" It comes after Alex Jones fights back tears as her rarely-seen husband appears on The One Show.
Sue and Noel were not the only ones to show concern for Chloe as she took on as much work as possible whilst going through the final stages of her pregnancy. Viewers were shocked when Chloe had to jump out of a bakery van to throw up in the middle of the street as morning sickness took its toll on her. One fan wrote on X/Twitter: "That's just insane!" before adding in a second tweet: "Just hope everything turns out for Chloe."
Things took a dramatic turn when Chloe began to feel unwell and could not feel the baby moving. She was taken for an emergency scan and Jacob arrived in the nick of time. Everything turned out okay in the end, and Chloe, who already has three-year-old Mila with Jacob: told the cameras: "I think lastnight...it was just awful, wasn't it? Just thinking that tit didn't feel like he was moving, it was awful. We ended up at triage, went up to the room and they listened to his heartbeat.
"My hand was just shaking and, yeah. Lo and behold as soon as the Doppler went on he's [moving]. So yeah. They were happy with him and everything was fine, we just breathed such a sigh of relief. It's just scary isn't it?"
In the end, Chloe decided to slow down and taken some time off before the baby arrived and Jacob had put his gym dreams on hold whilst he took on another job. Final scenes showed Sue receiving a text message to let her know that her latest grandchild was here.
Noel exclaimed: "Well done, Chloe!" The couple are currently grandparents to 12 children, and Noel joked that he admitted that he had 'no idea' just how many more would come along, joking that they may eventually get to 40.
Despite her parents having 22 children, Chloe then declared: "No more, I'm done!"
Jacob and Chloe's second child was born on April 28, 2025. The couple announced that they had chosen to name their son Bodhi Reign. The new mum-of-two had a "brutal" labour which she said midwives believed to be a very "dangerous" issue that caused hours of bleeding.
She was in hospital the majority of the day but pushed only for nine minutes in total. Chloe was told to go into hospital due to bleeding after having a few contractions but all went well and baby Bodhi arrived safely.
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