I'm a grandma, but I look so young that people still ask me for my ID
"People don't even believe I'm my daughter's mum. They look at me in complete shock when I tell them. They're like, 'Wait, are you not sisters?'. When I say I'm a granny too, it's even more of a shock.
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A glamorous model has become one of the UK's youngest grandmothers at the age of just 34 - and she looks so young that she still gets asked for ID.
Rachel McIntyre welcomed her first grandchild at the end of July and shared the happy news on social media, where users claimed that she looked far too young to be a granny and others congratulated her on what they assumed to be her newborn.
The 34-year-old fell pregnant for the first time when she was just 15, and when she discovered that her then 17-year-old daughter was pregnant last year, she had some reservations about being a young granny because she knows how hard it is being a young, full-time mum.
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"It's annoying, but it's a bit of a compliment too"
Rachel, who is an OnlyFans model and swinger, said she was shocked when she found out her 18-year-old daughter was pregnant.
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"But once it sunk in, I started getting excited. I knew that I was obviously going to support her as well,” she said.
"People don't even believe I'm my daughter's mum. They look at me in complete shock when I tell them. They're like, 'Wait, are you not sisters?'. When I say I'm a granny too, it's even more of a shock.
"I always get asked for ID because I look so young. It's annoying, but it's a bit of a compliment too."
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"It was quite traumatising to see your daughter go through that"
The mum-of-two is enjoying settling into her new role as a granny after her granddaughter's birth on July 25, she admitted that it was stressful watching her young daughter in labour.
"It was quite traumatising to see your daughter go through something like that at 17,” she said.
“The labour was a bit horrific, but thankfully my granddaughter is such a good baby.
"She doesn't really cry. She just makes noises when she's hungry and eats and sleeps."
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"I don't think there's any downsides to being a granny at 34"
Rachel, who can't wait to get back into the gym after a recent tummy tuck in Turkey, said the biggest upside to being a young gran is that she is young and fit enough to do a lot of things with her granddaughter.
"I'm looking forward to getting into the gym to get my body looking the best it's ever been,” the OnlyFans model said.
“The biggest upside to being such a young granny is that I've got a lot more energy.
"When my granddaughter is a bit older, I can take her out to places and I won't be tired like older grannies.
"I don't think there's any downsides to being a granny at 34.
"I've not been judged for it yet, but it will probably happen. I'm not bothered though.
“People will criticise anything these days. Life is all about being happy, and as long as you're happy, then you'll go far."
Rachel, who became a mum at 16, said that despite looking more like her granddaughter's mum than her granny, she would never want to be called anything else.
"I want to be called granny,” she said.
“I would never want to be called just Rachel. She's my angel."
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