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Gold medal-winning Olympian Sam Quek tells of her years struggling with ‘mum guilt’ as she urges other mothers to banish the term<\/h1>\n

She is a gold medal-winning Olympian and a rising star in television.<\/p>\n

But Sam Quek has told how she has spent years struggling with ‘mum guilt’ \u2013 a term she is urging other mothers to banish.<\/p>\n

The former sportswoman, 35, whose children are Molly, two, and Zac, one, said the negativity surrounding the popular phrase makes mothers feel that they are not good enough.<\/p>\n

Some 95 per cent of UK mothers experience ‘mum guilt’, according to research by supplements company Haliborange.<\/p>\n

The term refers to the emotions many mothers have when going back to work after having a baby and feeling like they are not spending enough time at home.<\/p>\n

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She is a gold medal-winning Olympian and a rising star in television. But Sam Quek (pictured) has told how she has spent years struggling with ‘mum guilt’ \u2013 a term she is urging other mothers to banish<\/p>\n

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The former sportswoman, 35, whose children are Molly, two, and Zac, one, (pictured above) said the negativity surrounding the popular phrase makes mothers feel that they are not good enough<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0‘They’re only young for so long’: Sam Quek reveals she ‘got a lot of mum guilt’<\/h3>\n

Ms Quek who is now a team captain on BBC’s A Question of Sport, said she does not ‘regret’ going back to work two months after giving birth to Zac last year but faced judgment from the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But she told the Mail: ‘[Some] 95 per cent of UK mums suffer from mum guilt on a daily basis, that’s a huge number and mum guilt isn’t what I think is a very positive conversation.<\/p>\n

‘It tends to be things that you haven’t done, what you need to do, what you could have done better.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I was one of them and we all have this in common.’<\/p>\n

Ms Quek launched a TV career after winning a gold medal as a member of England’s hockey squad at Rio 2016.<\/p>\n

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