BRITAIN'S oldest mum with quadruplets, Tracey, 57, describes family life in her home as "loud, crazy, chaos" - and it's easy to see why. With three adult children already, just after Tracey turned 50, she and husband Stephen found out that they were pregnant - after deciding to use Tracey's inheritance from her late mum to try for children one more time via IVF. Tracey was hoping for twins, as she told Truly: "I've always been fascinated with twins. I think it's because my mum always wanted twins." But Tracey never even considered she might have more than two in one go. When her daughter took her for a scan, Tracey learned she was not expecting one, or two, or even three babies - she was expecting quadruplets. She admits that "it was just shock, because I wasn't expecting four!" Now six years old, quadruplets Francesca, Frederica, Grace and George have made Tracey a mum of seven - and her adult children have started their own families too, with some of Tracey's grandchildren already older than her quads. This unusual family dynamic has led to a backlash online, after Tracey's story made it onto front pages of newspapers worldwide. Her social media comments section has been bombarded with questions like, "Why would you want kids at 50?" and she has been called "selfish" with people suggesting she won't be around to see her children grow up. So today, Tracey wants to put the record straight once and for all - as she answers your comments and questions, will she convince you that, when it comes to parenting, age is just a number?
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