Sarah Parish: Motherhood and being a Mistress will suit me just fine

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Former Cutting It star Sarah Parish is due to have her first child in June, on the same day she turns 40.

As one of the main actresses in Mistresses, the BBC's drama about the tangled love lives of four women, Parish is enjoying the latest success of a career that has blossomed during her 30s, but has left little time for a family.

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Sarah Parish and new husband James Murray before her pregnancy

However, Parish said she did not regret leaving motherhood so late and believes it has brought her even closer to Cutting It co-star James Murray whom she married in December.

Speaking for the first time since announcing she was pregnant, Parish said: "I was very broody when I was a teenager but then I became very focused on my career and I didn't really think about children for a while.

"You don't really think about having babies until you find the person you want to be with.

"Then I met James and after a while I went 'oh my God, I'm 39. Where did all the time go?'

"We're delighted. It's definitely makes you closer to be expecting a baby.

"It's a really nice feeling - and it's just lovely to achieve something like this together."

Part of the mum-to-be's plans is to return to work if another series of Mistresses is planned and with five million viewers it is certainly on the cards.

Parish said: "If it goes again it will probably start in August, which gives me about seven weeks.

"That's not long but it's good in a way.

"And the great thing about Mistresses is it is about four friends, so it's not like you are on set all the time.

"There's lots of time off."