The Countryfile star star has opened up about her birth experience, revealing that there was no one around to help her when she went into labour with her second child.
36-year-old Helen Skelton was at home in France with her first child when she went into labour and her husband, rugby player Richie Myler, was unable to get to her in time. She describes it as 'the scariest thing I have ever done'.
'I was in France and my husband was in England, and no one made it to me in time,' she revealed to the Daily Mirror.
'So I gave birth with just my three-year-old next to me, repeatedly hitting me on the head with a plastic sword, because he thought we were playing dinosaurs.
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'Terrifying. But I didn’t have a choice, I just had to get on with it.'
Luckily, there were no complications and Helen's second child, Louis, was born a healthy and happy baby boy.
'My biggest successes are my kids, Ernie, five, and Louis, two,' Helen said.
'They’re just the best things ever. They are crazy, loud and wild.'
Helen also revealed in the interview that her parenting techniques aren't always conventional.
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'My friends who have really well-behaved kids call my house ‘The house with no rules’,' she explained.
'It’s because I was brought up that way. I’d trap wild cats in the house and try to tame them. I was always up trees, covered in mud. It’s how I like my kids to be.
'I’m not a strict mum. I should be – they don’t listen to a word I say! I’m a tomboy mum. In my eyes, if my kids are dirty and tired, then they’re having a good time.
'But if I tell them to go on the naughty step, they laugh in my face.'
Helen married English professional rugby league footballer Richie in December 2013 and they share two children together, Ernie and Louis.
