Stacey Solomon admitted she was "out of her depth" when she became a mum at the age of 18.
The Loose Women star gave birth to her eldest son Zachary, now 13, in 2008, having fallen pregnant when she was just 17 years old. And looking back on it, she admits she had "no idea what the hell she was doing".
However, Stacey's younger years inspired her and she had previously explained how having her whole family crammed into a small house had only fuelled her obsession with organisation and tidiness, as there was "no space to be messy"
Now, she is set to front a new television show called Sort Your Life Out, which is all about how she can help transform people's homes, giving them DIY tips on tidiness and storage in order to make their spaces even better.
"At a young age - I was just 17 when I became pregnant - I became a mum myself," she wrote in her book Tap To Tidy about her late teens.
"That meant there was me, my brother, my sister, my baby son, Zachary, and my mum all living in one small house, with no space to be messy.
"As such a young mum, I felt completely out of control and out of my depth.
"I had no idea what the hell I was doing; it felt like all my decisions had been made for me and there was nothing I could do about that."
She explained on Loose Women how she had felt so "ashamed" when she got pregnant at 17.
"I just remember feeling so ashamed. I know that sounds awful but when I was pregnant with Zach, all I felt the whole way through was shame," she said on the ITV show.
"I looked like a baby as well. I looked about six. I think people just looked and were like, 'ugh, why is she pregnant?' Maybe it's a bit of a trauma I just haven't addressed."
Stacey had found it frustrating that her parents wouldn't offer any input into her decision to keep the baby or not, as "all she wanted" was for either of them to choose for her.
She said: "I always remember my parents wouldn't give me any input whatsoever.
"Even though they were really upset with me, and hurt and disappointed, they never told me whether I should go ahead and have the baby or not have the baby."
"Which at the time was absolute turmoil because all I wanted was for my mum and dad to tell me what to do," she continued.
"I just felt like I couldn't make such a big decision on my own, I really needed them. But looking back, in hindsight, it was the best thing they could have ever done because I made that decision on my own and I took responsibility for it."
Stacey - who also has Leighton, nine, and Rex, two - has since made a huge success of her life, after appearing on The X Factor in 2009.
Whilst she didn't win the show, she soon became a household name and she now regularly sits on the Loose Women panel alongside the likes of Coleen Nolan, Christine Lampard and Linda Robson.
She is also busy filming a new television show as she equips people with the tips and tricks to organise their home.
Stacey also has a book called Tap To Tidy: Organising, Crafting & Creating Happiness in a Messy World, which she hopes will encourage people to organise, tidy or get stuck in with a craft project.
"If you've picked up this book, then we have something in common ... Whether it's a love of getting crafty, meticulously organising or making fun-shaped snacks!" she writes in a blurb accompanying the book.
"I find it hard to sit still, but losing myself in a craft project or tidying a drawer is my form of meditation.
"It's a chance for me to forget about the things going on in the world around me for a minute."
Stacey - who is expecting her and partner Joe Swash's second child - says living in clutter makes people "miserable", as she admits she loves a good spring clean.
She said: "First you must decide what to keep and decide what to lose.
"The average family home contains thousands of items we don’t need and living in all this clutter is making us miserable.
"Sometimes there is an emotional attachment. I keep some random, gross stuff because I cannot let it go. So I totally understand."
She thinks people can get just as much joy from giving their unwanted items to charity or recycling it.
"Do you need it? Do you love it? If not, it’s gone," she advises.
