As a mum of nine children, Amanda Owen certainly knows a thing or two about childbirth and pregnancy.
The Yorkshire Shepherdess, who delivered one child with only a dog for a birthing partner, has opened up about motherhood and why she finds giving birth so easy.
Writing in her new book, The Yorkshire Shepherdess, Amanda says: "Because I spend my time calving cows and lambing sheep, it seemed to me that having a baby was going to be the most natural thing in the world.
"I am no earth mother, hippy type but I am a great believer in nature."
In what may shock people, she goes on to claim "I just don't have contractions" when recalling her previous nine labours.
"The only way I know that I am in labour is because I start feeling a bit off, grotty, queasy, not quite right," she tells readers.
The 46-year-old and her husband Clive are parents to nine children together, seven of which still live at home.
Miles, 15; Edith, 12; Violet, ten; Sidney, nine; Annas, seven; Clemmy, five and Nancy, four all still live in the Own family home at Ravenseat while the two eldest children have moved out.
20-year-old Raven is currently studying bio-medical science in York, while 16-year-old Reuben has flown the nest to start an apprenticeship as a mechanic.
Amanda's eldest child was born during the tragic foot and mouth outbreak in 2001, leaving the mum-of-nine stranded on the farm whilst she had a 'face up' birth.
While only five percent of babies arrive this way, it can cause intense, long labours and needs medical intervention as the baby often becomes stuck.
The foot and mouth crisis also saw the Yorkshire Shepherdess and her family break tradition and holiday abroad as they saw lost many of their animals to the disease.
2,000 cases of the disease in farms across the British countryside were reported in 2001 and over 6 million cows and sheep were killed in an eventually successful attempt to halt the spread.
Speaking exclusively to The Mirror earlier this year, the Channel 5 star revealed that she doesn't "go on holiday" and last left the country over 20 years ago.
"Because of what happened (with foot and mouth disease), a lot of our sheep sadly had to be culled," she recalled.
"We decided we needed to get away and heel from it. It was so horrible."
"We went to India as it was one of the only places we could go to in the middle of winter that was really hot."
Their family trip to another continent didn't give her the travel bug as two decades on, Amanda still prefers to holiday at home.
"We take pleasure in where we are," she told us.
"It may sound boring but because of where we live, a tourist hotspot, it's nice to take the time to actually enjoy what we've got and switch off from work."
