🗣 ‘Then, a few months after my brother was born, suddenly my mum Betty was pregnant again’ Sue Barker has revealed that her mother almost terminated her pregnancy with her due to money worries over having a third child.
Sue Barker has revealed that her mother almost terminated her pregnancy with her due to money worries over having a third child.
She revealed on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs: ‘My dad particularly, he worked really hard, but they had just budgeted for two kids and they didn’t have a lot of money left over.Sue revealed that her mother went to desperate measures trying a dangerous and ineffective method to end the pregnancy, explaining: ‘She apparently drank a lot of gin and bounced down the stairs one time.
She added: ‘My mum and I had the most wonderful relationship, even though they cut corners, which is why I really salute them in giving me my tennis career as well. Betty, Sue’s mother, also lived to be 100, though the presenter revealed that the secret to her long life was ‘doing all the wrong things’.Sue Barker opened up about her life on Desert Island Discs
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