Tuesday, 11 October 2011

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Dannii Minogue: Mystery illness made me so tired I could barely pick up baby Ethan

Former X Factor judge Dannii Minogue felt as if she was 'running a car without petrol'

Dannii Minogue lives in Australia with boyfriend Kris Smith and their 13-month-old son Ethan

Dannii Minogue has revealed that she suffered from a thyroid condition after giving birth to her son Ethan last year.

The Aussie star lost a lot of weight because of her illness and even struggled to pick up her little boy.

'My thyroid stopped working and I had appendicitis,' explains Dannii, 39.

'It was very hard to concentrate, you can't sleep and I got very weak.

'I was finding it hard to pick Ethan up and I was thinking: "I'm a new mum, I know I'm tired, but surely it can't be this hard?" 

'They explain it to you as running a car without petrol.'

Dannii was forced to quit her job as an X Factor judge because travelling between Australia and London would have taken its toll on her role as a mother.

'They were used to me saying: "I'll come here, go there, jump on any plane,"' she tells Stella magazine.

'I love the show and probably wouldn't have been able to make the decision to stop otherwise, but it just had to happen and it was the right time because I need all my strength now to be a mummy.'

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