Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani's confession

Gwen Stefani has revealed she had some rocky moments during her pregnancy. The singer, who gave birth to little Kingston last year, found touring extremely tough, and found she wasn't as strong as she thought she was.

Gwen, who is 37, said that she had a rough time on tour: "I would be seriously crying before I went onstage. I didn't know how I was going to get through the tour." The star is blissfully happy to be a busy mum, and says that having a child has taught her true values. Stefani and her husband, rocker Gavin Rossdale, split their time between their homes in London and Los Angeles. The two got married in 2002.

Gwen Stefani Struggled To Balance Tour And Secret Baby

Pop superstar Gwen Stefani found touring while pregnant with her first child Kingston was more challenging than she imagined - she spent many nights sobbing uncontrollably backstage. The No Doubt singer felt sure she'd be able to juggle the pressures of a solo tour while hiding her impending motherhood in 2005, but she quickly realised she'd taken on too much. In an interview in the upcoming issue of Elle magazine, Stefani says, "I thought I was going to be one of those Mother Nature girls. I figured, 'I'll just squeeze it out, 'cause I'm really strong and I work out and stuff.' "I would be seriously crying before I went onstage. I didn't know how I was going to get through the tour, putting on nine costume changes on a stage in front of 12,000 people every night. And I didn't want people to know (I was pregnant). "I didn't want to become The Gwen Freak Circus Show - watch it grow onstage." Stefani finally became so overwhelmed by the pressure of keeping her pregnancy a secret on tour, she told fans at a Florida gig in December 2005 that she was with child, and asked them to sing her song Crash loudly so her unborn baby could hear them.

Gwen Stefani's tearful tour

The 'Wind It Up' singer continued to play live for a short time while she was expecting son Kingston but admits it took its toll on her emotionally. She said in an interview with Elle magazine: "I would be seriously crying before I went onstage. I didn't know how I was going to get through the tour, putting on nine costume changes on a stage in front of 12,000 people every night. And I didn't want people to know I was pregnant. I didn't want to become the Gwen Freak Circus Show - 'Watch it grow onstage.'" Gwen - who is married to British rocker Gavin Rossdale - also admits she found the birth a lot harder than she expected it to be. She added: "I thought I was going to be one of those Mother Nature girls. I figured, I'll just squeeze it out, 'cause I'm really strong and I work out and stuff. But it was tough." Gwen, 37, announced she was pregnant during an American concert in Fort Lauderdale in December 2005. She gave birth to Kingston On May 26, 2006.

Gwen Stefani's Struggle

Beauty Gwen Stefani says touring while pregnant with her first child Kingston was more challenging than she imagined. "I thought I was going to be one of those Mother Nature girls," the singer, 37, tells Elle magazine for its February issue, about childbirth. "I figured, I'll just squeeze it out, 'cause I'm really strong and I work out and stuff."

"I would be seriously crying before I went onstage," she recalls. "I didn't know how I was going to get through the tour, putting on nine costume changes on a stage in front of 12,000 people every night. And I didn't want people to know (I was pregnant). I didn't want to become the Gwen Freak Circus Show -'Watch it grow onstage.' " Stefani finally became so overwhelmed by the pressure of keeping her pregnancy a secret on tour, she told fans at a Florida gig in December 2005 that she was with child and asked them to sing her song Crash loudly so her unborn baby could hear them reports IOL Now, "Kingston is so chill," says Stefani. "He goes with me everywhere, 'cause I'm still nursing. He's been to every studio in L.A., New York, London. He lives up to his name - total Rasta boy." "He gives me real balance. You can go 100 miles an hour, but you still have to stop to hang out with him," she says.

Gwen Stefani: Touring Pregnant Made Me Cry

While she was pregnant -- and still performing on tour -- Gwen Stefani realized she wasn't the superwoman she'd long assumed she was. "I thought I was going to be one of those Mother Nature girls," the singer, 37, tells Elle magazine for its February issue, about childbirth. "I figured, I'll just squeeze it out, 'cause I'm really strong and I work out and stuff." Only, instead, she was surprised to find herself short of breath and not functioning at 100 percent before giving birth in May to son

Gwen Stefani Admits Touring While Pregnant Made Her Cry

The 'Wind It Up' singer continued to play live for a short time while she was expecting son Kingston but admits it took its toll on her emotionally. She said in an interview with Elle magazine: "I would be seriously crying before I went onstage. I didn't know how I was going to get through the tour, putting on nine costume changes on a stage in front of 12,000 people every night. And I didn't want people to know I was pregnant. I didn't want to become the Gwen Freak Circus Show - 'Watch it grow onstage.'"

Gwen - who is married to British rocker Gavin Rossdale - also admits she found the birth a lot harder than she expected it to be. She added: "I thought I was going to be one of those Mother Nature girls. I figured, I'll just squeeze it out, 'cause I'm really strong and I work out and stuff. But it was tough." Gwen, 37, announced she was pregnant during an American concert in Fort Lauderdale in December 2005. She gave birth to Kingston On May 26, 2006.

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