Quotes from Stacey Solomon

Having a task to focus solely on makes me forget about anything I'm worried or anxious about.

As a father you're guilty until proven innocent. You're a second class citizen in terms of parenting. As a father you have to prove your ability to be a father whilst residence, power and control is left solely with the mother.

My sister and I mistakenly watched 'American Pie' whilst still living at home with our parents.

I only ever became conscious of how hairy I was when I got to Year Six, the last year of primary school.

I went to a Christian primary school where I felt included and no different to my peers.

Being happy in a relationship isn't the be all and end all to feeling confident, but it definitely gives it another dimension.

Going through adolescence looking like a hormone experiment wasn't easy.

I remember the time I had nits. It all started with an itchy head. I assumed I had a dry scalp and that maybe my extensions had grown out too long.

Being a teenage mum and a single parent hasn't been easy but I wouldn't change it for the world.

The girls at 'Loose Women' are my actual friends. They're not just telly friends.

At my worst, I was so fearful of death I'd think about it for six hours a day.

I am used to the low expectations people have of me: I have a bubbly personality, I smile a lot; I am very feminine.

I have a tendency to catastrophise and doing something that you have control over is an escape from that.

I was so awkward and gangly, and went through puberty way too young - I got really self-conscious about it.

I just have never been a drinker. No matter how much I try I just can't stand the taste of it or the way it makes me feel out of control, which is a no-go for an anxiety-ridden control freak like me.

Choosing when and whether to have a baby is a fundamental right for all women, no matter where they live.

Anything with pockets is a winner for me because I never know what to do with my hands when somebody takes a photo of me.

Thank God for my family - I'm so lucky and I don't know who I would be without them.

I always want to have children running around in the garden and so I don't know what I am going to do with myself once they're all grown up.

My hair seems to be such an appealing environment for nits so I have to be on my guard.

Sometimes, a blended family is amazing and sometimes it's heartbreaking. There will be moments when you feel like you are completely failing. But, if you love your family, that is absolutely enough.

If I'm on holiday I want pictures of all my kids, and they're not going to stand there waiting for me to find the right light.

What's disgraceful is that any Tom, Dick and Harry can open up a clinic and administer Botox.

It took a lot for me to feel mentally stable after giving birth and, physically, my body felt torn apart.