Singer-turned-reality TV show judge Dannii Minogue is receiving treatment for an under-active thyroid which caused her to shed weight after giving birth.
The Australian star had her first child, son Ethan, last year, but shortly after leaving hospital she fell ill and suffered a bout of appendicitis.
She spent months believing her subsequent tiredness and rundown state was a consequence of her new role as a mum, but she was eventually diagnosed with a thyroid condition.
And she's confessed her health issues even took their toll on her relationship with former rugby star Kris Smith.
Minogue tells Stella magazine, "Yes, that was a hard time for me. I was physically unwell and that takes its toll on everything. My thyroid stopped working and I had appendicitis. Leading up to that I was getting thinner and thinner, and stressing because I didn't know what it was.
"Normally you put on weight if you have an under-active thyroid. But there is a percentage of people that have it reversed. It was very hard to concentrate, you can't sleep, and I got very weak. They explain it to you as running a car without petrol.
"I was finding it hard to pick up Ethan and I was thinking, 'I'm a new mum, I know I'm tired but surely it can't be this hard?'. When you've just had a baby you think it must be normal tiredness. But it got to the point where I thought, 'This cannot be normal'. Poor Kris. He was thinking after getting through the pregnancy and the baby that everything would be just fine and he couldn't work out why I wasn't well. It was bloody difficult."
Asked if the couple is planning to extend its brood, Minogue replies, "Yes, but honestly until I get my health back on track it's not a possibility."
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