Javine HyltonJavine Hylton has said that becoming a mum has helped change her outlook on life.

Javine and partner MC Harvey welcomed daughter Angel Mai Hylton Harvey in February and the singer told Closer magazine recently: “Having Angel has totally changed me.

“Before, if I woke up with a cloud over my head, I’d let it last. Now I have a beautiful baby, how can I not smile? And if you smile, it makes them smile. I feel so much more laid back.”

But that’s not to say she found the first few weeks of motherhood a joy: “I kept bursting into tears and I even asked my mum if she thought I had post-natal depression. But it was just the shock of having a baby.

“It didn’t help that I got mastitis in both boobs, which was agony. I had to take antibiotics, which gave Angel thrush in her mouth, so I stopped breastfeeding.

“At that point, I could hardly look in the mirror. I’d always thought of myself as a fit, athletic person, but I’d spread everywhere! My bum was enormous - it came round on all sides and stuck out behind me!”

After signing up with a trainer in March, Javine lost 3.5stone threw a combination of diet and exercise: “I want to get down to my pre-pregnancy weight of ten stone, and shift my wobbly tum.

“Harvey didn’t think I could lose all the weight, but he didn’t realise how strong I am. If I decide to do something I can usually pull it off!”

“I’m not quite ready for a bikini. I might try an all-in-one costume with cutaway bits though.”