Sue Radford left with ‘streaming’ tears as she records emotional audiobook chapter about their stillborn son Alfie
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MUM-of-22 Sue Radford has opened up about being “in tears” over a section of the family’s book on stillborn child Alfie. Sue, 49, and Noel, 54, are currently working on the audiobook version of their book The Radfords: Making Life Count - and are up to the chapter about their beloved son.
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Sue and Noel are parents to Chris, 35, Sophie, 31, Chloe, 29, Jack, 27, Daniel, 25, Luke, 24, Millie, 23, Katie, 22, James, 21, Ellie, 19, Aimee, 18, Josh, 17, Max, 16, Tillie, 14, Oscar, 13, Casper, 12, Haillie, nine, Phoebe, eight, Archie, seven, Bonnie, six, and Heidi, four.
Sadly the couple's 17th child Alfie was still born on July 6, 2014. On Instagram, Sue shared a photo of the Alfie chapter, which is number nine in the book, and wrote: “I don’t think I’m going to be able to read this without tears streaming. “Today has been a hard recording day.
![[Christmas decorations on Alfie Radford's grave.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NINTCHDBPICT000640584433.jpg?strip=all&w=898)
“I had to stop a lot going through Alfie’s chapter.”. She added to fans that the audio version of the book will be out next month. Sue and Noel have previously spoken about how the loss of Alfie has left a large and painful hole in their lives. During their three-month scan, a day after the family had announced Sue was pregnant, the doctor was unable to find their baby boy's heartbeat.
![[Hand with tattoos of child's handprints and footprints.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NINTCHDBPICT000602254236.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
They shared the painful news on Facebook, saying: “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.".
![[Foot tattoo of baby footprints and the name Alfie Thomas Radford.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NINTCHDBPICT000602254237.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
