Gwen Stefani: 'Motherhood is overwhelming'

Gwen Stefani has said that she finds the responsibility of motherhood overwhelming.

The No Doubt frontwoman told Elle that it is impossible to juggle work and her family life.

"When you first have a baby your life doesn't change. I mean, you have a little less sleep and you drag these cuddly things around you and it's just amazing. But you still get to be you," said the mother-of-two.

"Once they get to, like, 5, 6 and school and it starts to get, like, 'Wow, they got real problems. They're my responsibility...' Oh my God. That is overwhelming."

"It's not possible," she said when asked about juggling motherhood and work.

"There are always days that somebody suffers... The only thing I really worry about is, again - like, I keep bringing it up because it's my biggest stress.

"How do I do this and that? How do I do both? So that's like the constant battle that I have every day. I do worry about that all the time."

She added: ""Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way. [They want] to have time to be themselves as well but, um, it's really hard. There's a price to pay.

"Like today, I'm here talking to you and my son is at the beach. It would be super fun to watch his little 5-year-old chunky legs running around, you know."

The full interview appears in the October issue of Elle UK, on sale Wednesday, September 5. Also available as a digital edition.

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