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I gave birth to four babies at the age of 50
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I wanted twins, I ended up having quadruplets. We're all six, same birthdays and we're born together
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My quadruplets are actually younger than some of my grandkids. I was getting messages, why would you want kids at 50
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You'll never going to see your kids grow up. We've asked the audience what they think of parents having children in their 50s
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Could you respond to their comments? Okey dokey. Very selfish to try and have a baby at 50
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come and look at my kids and then say it's selfish because there's no selfish about it
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Somebody get Daddy the cheese please. Cheese. Thank you. What's your favorite food? Cheese. Cheese? Yes
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You like little mice. Yum, yum. I'm Britton's oldest mum with quadruplets
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and I'm 57 years old. Who likes helping mommy? Me. I have six year old quadruplets
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Francesca, Frederica, Grace and George. I would describe my family as happy, loud
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crazy, chaos. Why have we gone up in the morning? He's got what
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It's probably a quiet day, innit? This is an easy one so far
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This is an easy one. There's only a lot of madness. Right, get your balls
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Do you want to go and set the table? When did you have your first three children
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So I had my daughter in 1986, when I was 18. Then I got pregnant again straight after
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three months later with my son. I'd just turned 19 and I had my youngest son
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in 1996, when I was 28. Because they've got their own kids
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my quadruplets are actually younger than some of my grandkids. We set the table up
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We set the table up. Have you set it? Yes. Oh, let me see
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Let's have a look. Great! Well done! There are times where it's hard work
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and you think oh my god what have I done As I older they give me more energy All my energy goes into them What do you love most about your sisters and brother My sisters and brother
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Mum and really kind. Mum and Dad, where's the blue? Who's the best cook
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Mummy or Daddy? Daddy. Now, George doesn't like noise. Come on. What did you say
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Thank you. So I met Stephen where we used to live in Camden
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and we just used to know the same group of people, so it was like familiar faces and we just used to say hi
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And then, yeah, it went from there. I think he was 26 and I was 37
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But he looked older than me, so I allowed it. Don't say that
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He always wanted a big family. I already had three kids, so I didn't want any. And the funny thing was, I said I wanted five kids, remember? Yeah
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I said I wanted five kids, I already had one, so five was the number I said, always said
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Just couldn't concede, could we, for a while? Yeah. And the time was just ticking
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so I was just worried about getting too old and not happening. I always wanted twins, I've always been fascinated with twins
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I think it's because my mum always wanted twins. I always get the lip-watching when I think about my mum
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Because if it were, I wouldn't have been able to do it
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She died in 2007, so I used my mum's money to do it
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I went for IVF. I just had a feeling deep down it was going to work. And I just knew it would happen
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And she blessed me with four. Yeah, all the time. So, for instance, we have these
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We have these, and then we have these. When I got pregnant, I remember me and Stephen was in bed
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and I got the test and it just went, and I went, and we both just went
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we just hugged each other and crying and laughing and joyful. And then reality struck in and I thought
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oh my God, I forgot to tell my kids now. Yeah so My daughter said oh mum you might have twins because she looked big already I think it was like nine weeks and she said I take it for a private scan The woman was scanning me and I laid on the bed
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She went, let's all calm down, I'm going to put a fan on. She put the fan on and she went, there's actually four
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Well I started crying by this time and then straight away I thought to my mum again
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Because she had seven kids and I thought, oh my mum's done it again. My daughter went, that's what you get mum, Nana's done that
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It wasn't like tears of Oh my God, what am I going to do
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It was just shock Because I weren't expecting four There are good and bad things about raising quadruplets
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I mean, the good thing is They've got each other They can play with each other
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If I had to put some bad points is You know, the arguing and the scribbling
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And getting up really early When, you know, at times I could do the lying
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But I chose two of them So, yeah, I just go along with it
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and do my best what I can. Who's the oldest mum in the UK to ever have had quadruples
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When did you decide to start sharing your life on social media? When it went worldwide, my sister-in-law said to me
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why don't you go to the newspapers? And I said, oh no, I want to keep it private
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She went, why? She went, if that was a young girl, she went, they'd be interested in that
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So rather than go to a newspaper, I rang an agent up. I didn't realise I was the oldest mum in the UK
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Just to say I'm pregnant with quadruplets Do you want the story
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Then my daughter rang me up and she went Mum what have you done? And I went why
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She went you in every single newspaper Do not read the comments Do not read the comments
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What are you going to do straight away? Read the comments Why would somebody want kids at 50
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Why did she have them when she was younger? I'm used to it now But then I thought I can't stress
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Because I'm carrying four babies I knew if I stressed out You know something could happen
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and I just wanted to protect the babies. After I'd had the kids, I made an Instagram page
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With TikTok, I just started sharing it like about a month ago. Not long back, somebody messaged me on TikTok saying
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why would you want kids at 50? And I said, why not? That shut them up
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Made them feel guilty for asking the question in the first place. We have asked the audience what they think of parents having children in their 50s Could you respond to their comments Okey Women can have children whenever they desire as long as they in brackets and the father can provide for them
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The answer is yeah, we can. That's grandma right there. Yep, that's grandma right here
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I'm a grandma of 12 grandkids and proud of it too. There's so many things that can be wrong with the baby
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for having it so old. It's not fair to the child and who will care for it once you pass away
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Why does everybody always bother about you passing away? Very selfish to try and have a baby at 50
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Well, whoever sent you this message wants to come and have a day in our lives
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and see if they'll change their attitude because there's no selfish about it
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Come and look at my kids and then say it's selfish. Simple as that to that one
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I can understand I'm putting my business out on social media so people have a right to respond and have their say
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But don't judge a book by its cover and don't judge me before you've even met me
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Whoever can jump the highest. Those people that judge us, what can we say to them
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Try putting their self in our shoes. Yeah. Come and see before you judge
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Come and watch them play. I'll try and discipline and teach my kids to be as mellow and as nice and kind as possible
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I just want them to be happy and content and just stay grounded
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What do we hope the future holds for the family? What do you think
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Happiness, success... And a long life. And stability, and a long life
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And quiet with it! I've got family out! Higher, higher! So if you had to describe the family in one word, what would it be? Mental. Local
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Mental or loud. That's two words
