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2nd May 2008
Myleene says motherhood is harder than workMyleene
Klass says she is struggling to combine motherhood with work. In an interview
with the Daily Mail, the mother of eight month old Ava says the tension has caused
problems for the first time in her relationship with her fiance of three years,
Graham Quinn. "My relationship with my fiancé Gray has been under huge pressure
and I have never felt so lonely and isolated," she explains. "I wonder
how other working mums do it - how do they make it look so easy? "I am
tired, tired all the time," she says. "Sometimes I feel like crying because I
am so tired. People say I make it look easy, but I don't have any of the answers,
I'm still trying to figure things out. "Things haven't worked out the way
I thought they would and just when I think I'm getting there, something else comes
along. Just when I had got sterilising bottles down to a T, I had to start making
purées. Christ - I can't even cook for myself! It's hard - harder than work. "Some
nights you have changed the baby, fed the baby and tried to put her to sleep but
she is still crying and you feel like the worst mother in the world. I might look
like I'm smiling, but that's my job. "When I get home, my day is not over.
I need to prepare for the next day, I need to sterilise the bottles and I might
even get around to making Gray some dinner. I know it is the same for every working
mother - but it seems like nobody really talks about it, what a challenge it can
be for a couple. She adds: "I don't want people to think I don't appreciate
my life - or that I am moaning. I know that I am lucky. Sometimes I walk around
my new house and I can't believe it's mine. And when Ava wakes me up in the morning
by grabbing my nose I know I have never been happier. "All I am saying
is that while being a mother is the most fulfilling thing I have ever done, it
hasn't been easy." Where to next? | 
