Cheryl admits she 'HATED being pregnant' but says Bear has given her the 'best six months'
NEW MOTHER Cheryl has confessed she loathed being pregnant but said her baby son had given her the “best six months of my life”.
Cheryl reveals how she got back into shape after having baby
The former Girls Aloud icon became a virtual recluse after falling pregnant with One Direction star Liam Payne. The couple welcomed Bear in March.
And in her first interview since starting a family the 34-year-old Geordie revealed: “I hated being pregnant…just a lot of stuff went on and I just didn’t enjoy it.
“It changes your life completely but in the most amazing way. But I’ve had the best six months of my life. Really.”
Newcastle-born Cheryl gave birth just over a year after she started dating 24-year-old pop star Liam.
It changes your life completely but in the most amazing way. I’ve had the best six months of my life
The pair first met when he auditioned for Simon Cowell’s talent show X Factor in 2011.
Bouncing baby Bear weighed 7lb 9oz and was described as “looking like a dream” when he was delivered at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, West London.
Cheryl said: “I always loved the name. The midwife always used to come in when he was little - he used to like grunt - and she’d go, ‘How’s the little bear?’ And it like stuck…it’s just his name and I wanted a unique name.”
She admitted becoming pregnant gave her the first chance to relax since the start of her hectic career, adding: “I didn’t stop for 14 years, literally on the roller-coaster, and when I got pregnant I thought, ‘Right, I just don’t need this stress.’
"So I relaxed. So it’s been like actually over a year, but it’s been perfect for me because it’s re-set the mind-frame, and I feel actually better coming back.”
Cheryl recently confirmed she would be joining Simon as an X Factor mentor as the smash hit show reaches the judges’ houses stage.
The fashion icon, who has amassed a personal fortune of £20 million, is the envy of mums across Britain, not only because her model looks, but the fact she snapped back into shape soon after giving birth.
She said: “Obviously my whole body changed, naturally, but all the females in my family are fortunate like that…for me, after three months, I started working out one hour a day. I have no plans of two [children] at the moment, but I think maybe one day.”