Nadine Robertson, 24, now has five ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ under the age of five, with her eldest daughter Isla just four-years-old. Tᴡɪɴs Olivia and Ivy were born in 2018 on the same day as their elder sister, and newborns Cody and Hazel arrived just 10 weeks ago.
A mother has five ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ under the age of five after ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ʙɪʀᴛʜ to two sets of Tᴡɪɴs in ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴇʏᴀʀs. Nadine Robertson, 24, from Dᴏɴᴄᴀsᴛᴇʀ, welcomed daughter Isla in 2017, followed by Tᴡɪɴs Olivia and Ivy in 2018. The youngest ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ, Cody and Hazel, arrived 10 weeks ago. Nadine, who ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ both sets of Tᴡɪɴs without I.V.F, explained neither she nor husband Phil had a family history of Tᴡɪɴs.
The mother-of-five said: “I just wing it every day to be honest. I wake up and I hope the rest of them are going to be in a good mood and are going to help me out. It’s ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ but I love it.” The family share a four-bedroom home, with each set of Tᴡɪɴs sharing a room and Isla enjoying one to herself. She added that when she goes out with both sets of Tᴡɪɴs, she often gets comments from strangers.
She said: “Every time I go out I get people stopping me on the street. As soon as they realise that there’s two babies in the pram and I have the other two little ones with me, they always comment on it. It doesn’t feel that unusual to me because I’m on a lot of ᴛᴡɪɴ mum Facebook groups so I see loads of people with two sets of Tᴡɪɴs.”
Nadine hopes all her kids will be in good moods when she wakes up, but although it’s ‘ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ’, she loves it. Olivia and Ivy wear matching swimming costumes as they pose for a family photo. All sets of Tᴡɪɴs were ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ completely naturally. But I suppose for other people it’s not that typical. The comments range from questions on their behaviour to whether the kids are the result of I.V.F.
Nadine said: “I get it all the time, mainly from older people, asking if I had I.V.F, which I didn’t. The first person who asked me, when I had my first set, I was really taken aback. It’s so weird because if you had one baby no one would ever dream of asking were they natural or did you have I.V.F? But I just get it a lot, especially now with two sets, I know people are just curious. The ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ are spread across their four-bedroom home, with each set of Tᴡɪɴs sharing a room and Isla enjoying one to herself.”
