Frankie Bridge

“For women to comment on other women is making it a lot harder for us all to feel confident. And it's hard enough to feel confident when you have no control over your body.”

“My mum wasn't able to deliver either me or my sister naturally and we're very similar build, so the doctors advised me that I'd most likely run into similar problems. Having C-sections made sense and the doctors were all for it.”

“I hate New Year's Eve! I never make resolutions because I never stick to them and it puts a lot of pressure on me.”

“When I was growing up, Mum and Dad were both equal: they both worked, they both cooked, they both looked after us. So I wouldn't expect my husband to be any different.”

“Just because someone's life looks amazing, that doesn't mean it is.”

“It's a lot of pressure as a parent trying to get your kids to eat healthily and it doesn't always work out.”

“People have said to me, 'What have you got to be unhappy about?' It's naive and it's hurtful. That person may not appear to have anything to be unhappy about, but anxiety and depression are illnesses.”

“I have treatment-resistant depression and I need to take medication to rebalance my brain chemistry - just like someone with asthma needs theirs.”

“As we all know, mental health matters, while we still have a long way to go, we're starting to see the wheels turning for real and meaningful change. As a parent of young boys, the fact these conversations will be happening at home, in their friendship groups and in the classroom is so important.”

“I'm happy to settle down and have kids at a younger age than many people because I've always been older than my years.”

“I was putting everything into trying to convince everyone I was me. Before entering a room, I'd take a deep breath and say to myself: 'How would Frankie from The Saturdays behave?' I'd be louder, bubblier, happier.”

“I want to have my children, but I don't want to look like I have them. You're not really allowed to say that. Some days I go, 'It is what it is.' But sometimes I carry it around like a shame that I've gained so much weight while I was pregnant, and I lost control.”

“I definitely go through phases with fitness.”

“It's good to take a step back and try things a bit differently.”

“I find the time between Christmas and New Year really difficult. You don't know whether you're supposed to be in pyjamas, eating mince pies or on some detox diet. You're all over the place.”

“I forget things really easily and remember them as soon as I go to bed.”

“Women should be honest about the fact that although having a baby is wonderful, it can be hard.”

“I wear false eyelashes at work so I get used to that fuller look all the time, so when I get home, I'm like 'ugh, it's not the same.'”

“The main thing for me is that I just try to moisturise as much as possible for stretch marks. I try different things out all the time, but I think that if you're gonna get stretch marks, you're gonna get them, you just try and stop them as much as possible.”

“I think, like for me 'Strictly' was a big thing that I'd wanted to do for years and I've done that now and now I'm like 'okay, what should I do?'”