King: 'Motherhood harder than I thought'

Coronation Street actress Alison King has revealed that she felt like she had been hit by a "steamroller" as she adjusted to life as a new mother.

The 37-year-old, who plays Carla Gordon on the ITV1 soap, welcomed the arrival of baby girl Daisy Mae with her partner Adam Huckett in February.

In an interview with DS, King explained: "Being a new mum runs over you like a steamroller at first. I was working quite hard up until the birth and then the birth resulted in an operation - I had to have an emergency C-section.

"Then it's just pure hard work and I never realised it would be this hard! The sleep deprivation is just exhausting but she's excellent and so funny now. She's worth everything."

The star added that it was "hard" to leave Daisy Mae behind when she returned to film her Weatherfield role in August.

She continued: "When I went back to film Carla's return, it was the first time I'd been away all day from her, but it makes it doubly nice when you do come home.

"I was racing to get home before she went to bed and when I got in, she was upstairs having her nappy changed. She's got really good hearing. When I came in she had this massive attack of excitement that normally only happens when daddy walks in the room, so I was really pleased!"

King recently confirmed that she has been offering baby tips to her pregnant co-star Samia Smith (Maria Connor).

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