Holly Willoughby suffered with confidence crushing side-effect after pregnancies

Holly Willoughby has shared that she struggled with the same side effect following all three of her pregnancies.

The TV favourite is mother to children Belle, ten, Harry, twelve, and seven-year-old Chester and explained during Thursday's instalment of daytime show This Morning that after giving birth to all three of her kids that she battled hair loss.

The 40-year-old opened up on her locks thinning and falling out around her face during a

During a discussion on how to look after your hair on the ITV show earlier, Holly, 40, said: "After pregnancy, that whole front bit of my hair just fell out, these bits here."

Holly's co-host Josie Gibson, who was standing in for Phillip Schofield, asked: "Did you end up with little tufts of hair?"

Pointing to her hairline, Holly replied: "Yeah here, and then it all grew back."

Holly Willoughby has revealed that she was left with "tufts" of hair after suffering with hair loss after pregnancy (ITV)

Hair expert Lisa Caddy who was leading the chat told that hair loss is common after giving birth.

She said: "That's really common, hair loss from hormonal changes, from nutritional deficiencies, thyroid dysfunction there are so many causes."

Holly has previously shared that being a mum is her "greatest achievement."

Last year, when promoting her clothing range with M & S ahead of Mother's Day she told how she finds motherhood rewarding yet challenging.

She is mother to Belle, ten, Harry, twelve, and seven-year-old Chester (Instagram)

Alongside a short video posted onto Instagram, Holly wrote: "Not long now until Mother’s Day... March 14th.

"Being a mum is my greatest achievement and yet still my biggest daily challenge to get right.

"I have the best blueprint of how to be a mother from just being raised by the best mummy in the world... fill them with love... that’s what mine did... love you mumma!"

Holly shares her brood with husband Dan Baldwin (Instagram)

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Holly shares her brood with her husband Dan Baldwin - who she has been married to for 14-years.

They first met when Hollyrejoined CITV in 2004 and began presenting Ministry of Mayhem, which Dan was the producer of.

Holly and TV producer Dan tied the knot in a star-studded ceremony at St Michael's Church in 2007 and have gone from strength to strength ever since.