Mandy Allwood reveals she can still feel the eight babies she lost kicking

Pain: Mandy Allwood still struggles to deal with the loss of her children

A mother who was pregnant with octuplets but lost them 19 years ago has revealed she can still feel the babies kicking.

Mandy Allwood, who was given the nickname Octomum while she was pregnant, has told how she will never forget the children despite none of them surviving the pregnancy.

Mandy, now 50, miscarried at 24 weeks in 1996 but she said she still has to take sleeping tablets as the phantom movements of her lost children keep her awake at night.

She told The Sun: "Ever since I gave birth I have felt them kicking and moving every day. The feeling comes especially under my breastbone, it is like a sharp stabbing pain. I can feel it now as I’m talking."

After experiencing pains and phantom movements for a number of years, Mandy began researching and discovered she was suffering with foetal movement syndrome.

Mandy gained worldwide fame in the mid-90s after news of her mammoth pregnancy broke.

The then 31-year-old was forced to hire now disgraced PR expert Max Clifford as interest in her unborn children continued to grow.

Going into labour in September 1996, Mandy then lost her babies across three days.

The children, six boys and two girls named Kypros, Adam, Martyn, Cassius, Nelson, Donald, Kitali and Layne, were then buried in West Norwood Cemetery, South London.

Mandy told The Sun: "I cradled each of them as they died in my arms. It was truly horrible. When I felt the last one coming, I said, ‘Pl

Heartbreaking: The eight babies were buried at a cemetery in south London

Since the tragedy, Mandy, who went on to have three daughters with her then partner Paul, has struggled to recover emotionally and told how she has battled with alcohol addiction and also tried to take her own life.

Now single, she has overcome her addiction and runs her own business in Warwick.

She is speaking ahead of the anniversary the first octuplet's death on September 30 in the hope her experience will help others.

She said: "If one good thing could come from this, I’d like to be able to help other women who have had miscarriages and maybe suffer these pains."