I’m 38 and just had my 17th baby – my waters broke during my teenage son’s birthday party so I had to give birth at home
WHEN Nancy Young fell pregnant with her 17th child, she never could have imagined that she’d end up giving birth during a 16th birthday party.
The mega-mum wasn’t due for another two days but her waters broke just before a herd of teenage boys arrived at her house for one of her older sons’ birthday festivities.
Not wanting to cancel last minute, Nancy’s son, Elvin, went ahead with his Sweet 16 celebrations while she gave birth to her youngest child, Archer, just rooms away.
Now, the 38-year-old YouYuber has nine sons and eight daughters.
Her due date was on Halloween but little Archer, now nearly two-months-old, shares a birthday with his big brother.
“It was too late to cancel at that point so he had a party, and I had a baby,” Nancy joked.
“He got a baby brother that night for his birthday present, which he actually thought was really neat.”
She added that little Archer was born “healthy as can be”.
“He has huge eyes and he had a lot of hair when he was born,” Nancy added.
“He has a happy demeanour, he’s been a really good baby.
“Even his fussy hour is pretty good.”
The busy mum, who runs the YouTube channel Real Mom Real Solutions, last year shared her simple tips to keeping her massive brood’s bedrooms clean.
One of her techniques is to sort through her kids clothes and toys at least twice a year.
She believes it’s important to switch out seasons of clothing, get rid of worn-out or never worn clothes and remove any clothes that are too small.
Nancy’s YouTube channel has over 50,000 subscribers, but some of her videos have amassed over 300,000 views.
She lives in the US in a huge home, but as five of her older kids have gotten married and moved out, she doesn’t have to house all of them.
Nancy and her husband, who stays behind the camera, currently have 12 children living at home with them.
“Though the married kids may not sleep here, I think you could still say they kind of live here,” she said.
“Along with my seven grandkids that visit often.
“As you can imagine, we have a very full house!”