You don’t realise just how lucky you are, Alex...

In her You magazine interview last week, One Show presenter Alex Jones (left) spoke of the exhaustion she suffered after giving birth for the first time, aged 39. But she has a nanny and a car to take her to work. What about the regular exhausted mothers who, after sleepless nights, have to get their other children up, washed, dressed, fed and walked to school in the rain? They don’t have the luxury of a nanny and a chauffeur-driven car to take them to work; they are possibly doing a couple of night shifts somewhere. We choose to have children and it can be the hardest – but most rewarding – job ever. Wendy Ley, Little Billing, Northampton

Why is it that older mums, including myself, find it so hard? I found myself constantly washing, changing nappies, feeding the baby, trying to do the housework and shopping. It made my job seem like a piece of cake. Jenny Jones, Southampton