Kathryn Thomas has said she will be open with her daughter about the two miscarriages she suffered before she conceived her.
The 39-year-old RTE star and her fiance Padraig McLoughlin welcomed baby Ellie in March after their heartbreak of losing two babies over previous three years.
Kathryn admitted that after the miscarriages, having a baby became an “all-consuming focus” for her and her restaurateur partner.
The Carlow native admitted her relationship with her partner is very different to how it was before baby Ellie was born.
When asked how they manage their relationship now they’ve a child together, Kathryn said: “It’s hard. Sometimes the baby is the easy part to manage, and the relationship is trickier.
“Myself and Padraig would have had so much time to ourselves before. We also went through so much in trying to conceive Ellie, it became an all-consuming focus.
“It was all we wanted and then when she arrived, she became our world as children do. I think couples have to go east on each other and make time for each other.”
Speaking in this month’s VIP Magazine, Kathryn said she will tell Ellie about the siblings that she lost when she miscarried.
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“Yes, definitely. No more than why I did the Late Late Show, I think it’s really important to talk about it, albeit horrifically sad it is,” she said.
“All losses are different to different people but I think for me I had to view it as a very real part of pregnancy and something I was allowed to be sad about, wth no stigma.”
Kathryn returned to work just a few months after becoming a mum, presenting on RTE Radio One and taking over from Mairead Ronan as host of Ireland’s Fittest Families.
The broadcaster said that she believes that there isn’t enough support out there for Irish mums and that people need to start seeing being a stay-at-home parent as a full time job.
Kathryn said: “I 100% agree with that. I’ve got friends who live in Finland and Sweden and their experience is totally different.
“Being a stay-at-home mum is not considered a job here, and that needs to change. I also don’t believe women are supported enough going back into the workplace either. Childcare costs are a problem too.”
While Ellie is too young to be getting into trouble yet, Kathryn said she can see herself as being a strict mother when her daughter is a teenager.
She said: “I’m going to be a strict parent, and I already know that, and I won’t be for turning with phones and nights out, because I know what I was like, and I know already I’ve a willful girl on my hands.”