Hilary Duff felt like she lost her "identity" when she became a mother

Speaking on 'The Motherly Podcast', she said: "I'd say it was a little isolating in the beginning because I didn't have any friends that had babies yet.

"But I had been working for such a long time that it felt like a natural step for me and I always knew I wanted to be a mom. I always knew that was going to be my number one priority in life. So I felt ready on some fronts and a little scared on others, but I really only got scared once I was pregnant.

"I was really young so I was just like terrified of what was going to be like moving through my body. I actually wanted to have a scheduled c-section. My doctor was like, 'No sorry. You cannot. You have to try.' Which I was really appreciative for because I had a great birth. I did feel like after I had him I lost a big chunk of my identity for like, maybe the first year and a half, but I don't think that was a negative thing. It was at times I was sad about it but you know it's full on. Like I don't remember setting him down for the first three months of life."

But things couldn't have been more different when she gave birth to her daughter Banks - whom she has with her partner Matthew Koma - eight months ago.

She explained: "With Banks, I was so much older and had kind of a different support system around me and I feel much more in tune with my body and I'm a lot healthier I think than I was then. I just wanted to try. I did a lot of research."

However, being a mother of two brought new challenges as she was trying to figure out a way that she could balance her work, her son - whom she shares custody of with her ex-husband Mike Comrie - and a newborn.

She said: "I was pregnant and flying home like almost every other weekend to see Luca. Then this year I had a newborn--a 4-month-old--and I was going back to work, you know nursing and trying to juggle that. It's really hard."