Thandie NewtonThandie Newton has said she loves giving birth.

The RocknRolla star has two children - daughters Ripley and Nico - with husband Ol Parker and delivered both girls naturally using a birthing pool.

She explained recently that she found the experience incredibly uplifting: “Birth is very challenging in the best way possible. Every fibre of your being is alive.

“It’s like you are conducting electricity; literally creating something.

“I’d like to give birth every year if I could, just for that experience.”