‘I felt like a fraud’: Studio 10 host Sarah Harris’ candid confession

POPULAR Studio 10 presenter Sarah Harris has revealed the secret struggle which left her “sobbing for days” earlier this year.

STUDIO 10 presenter Sarah Harris has opened up about the private struggle with motherhood which at one point left her feeling “like a fraud”.

The popular host, 36, gave birth to her second child, Harry, in December — a brother for Paul, two — but has admitted that she found the first few weeks incredibly tough.

In a new interview with TV Week, Harris explained that she was “sobbing for days” after Harry was born, thanks to a combination of “extreme sleep deprivation, hormones and guilt”.

“I’m not much of a crier, but I was overwhelmed,” she said. “I just kept thinking, ‘How the heck am I ever going to balance this?’ I was up and down all the time and was an absolute wreck. One minute I was crying because I felt I wasn’t spending enough time with Paul, the next I thought I was being a bad mum to Harry. I felt like a fraud.”

Harris also described how different it was becoming a mother for the second time.

“When you have your first child, you’re almost in a bubble of bliss,” she said. “You sit around and gaze into your baby’s eyes and smell their heads.

“But when the second one comes along, and you’re balancing the demands of a toddler and a newborn, you become completely frazzled. I really struggled with it for the first few weeks.”

Despite her early troubles, the situation has since smoothed out for the TV presenter.

“Some days, the wheels fall off,” she said. “But I adore my boys. They’re my everything and have made my life so much better.”