Sian Welby 'felt under pressure to return to work'
Sian Welby has explained why she returned to work three months after giving birth.
Sian Welby felt "pressure" to return to work after giving birth to her first child.
The 39-year-old TV star and her fiance, Jake Beckett, welcomed their daughter Ruby into the world in June 2024, and Sian has now explained why she decided to return to work just three months later.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Sian explained: "I'm very realistic that I can't be sure what would happen if I took a full year off. I don't know many people in this industry that would take that much time out. You have to be very secure within your job and your role.
"I have bills to pay. I have to provide for my family, and I had built this up, it was 15 years in the making, some of these jobs are finally there.
"People might know me now from This Morning or Capital. Those jobs took a long time to get, and I wasn't ready to potentially throw them away or let them, or the momentum slow down. I was also really loving the fact it was finally getting going."
Sian has never taken more than three months off in her entire TV career, and she felt she needed to remain active in order to continue her career momentum.
The This Morning star said: "I was torn. It was a very difficult time. Deep down I would have loved to have more time off. Realistically I couldn't.
"That's something that loads of parents face, and I've since spoken to loads of people that did quicker than me. Three months for me is the longest I've ever had off work."
Despite this, Sian feels fortunate to have such a strong support network around her.
She said: "My partner's parents are brilliant when they can help, they work full time. So I'm in a very relatable situation in terms of working parents.
"My job's a bit more mad, but everyone could relate to the fact of the mum and dad guilt we feel for having to go back to work."
