A STRATTON great-grandmother appeared on national television today alongside three generations of her family in honour of Mother’s Day.

Sandra Whitcher, 96, of Midwinter Gardens, made an appearance on hit ITV show Lorraine to talk about how motherhood has evolved over the generations.

Her granddaughter Sarah-Jane Ljungstrom took the unusual step of video blogging her labour with now two-month-old Eveline. The labour videos and commentary , shared live on Facebook, caused a sensation and were watched by hundreds of thousands of people.

Sarah-Jane took to the famous couch with her mother and Sandra’s daughter-in-law Sue Whitcher, 60 in the studio with queen of daytime TV Lorraine Kelly. Baby Eveline watched from the green room.

Sprightly mother-of-three Sandra captivated viewers when she gave her views on how motherhood had changed over the years.

Sandra, who appeared via live-link from her living room said she disagreed with the trend of sharing labour experiences online as her granddaughter had done.

And she won a whole new legion of fans when she put on a feisty opposition to the filming of births.

When quizzed by the television stalwart on motherhood Sandra appeared confident as she spoke to millions of viewers.

She said: “In my day you had your babies, left hospital and that was it. There wasn’t a huge fuss over everything, you just got on with it. I don’t agree with it, sorry.”

In contrast Sarah-Jane, known as SJ, said she found the experience of video blogging her labour both positive and enriching and enjoyed the support from the mum community.

Sandra, who has six-great-children, said she had enjoyed taking part in the discussion.

She said: “I have never done anything like before and it was certainly very different but I enjoyed speaking on TV even if was for a very short time.

“With motherhood, you just get on with it, that’s what we did.

“I don’t think it’s appropriate to share every single part of parenting because it is your own business.

“I didn’t even know Sarah-Jayne was going to film her labour it but I would have disagreed with it.

“I don’t agree with that. Some things should be kept private and that was definitely one of them.”

The multi-tasking great-grandmother who taught yoga for 20 years keeps herself busy with painting, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords.

The four generations will celebrates Mother’s Day with a special day out and lunch on Sunday.

Sandra said: “Family is the most wonderful thing in the world, and being a mother is fantastic.

“I am very lucky, I have had a wonderful life and done so many things and I have a lovely close family.”