Janette Manrara says she was judged for going back to work six weeks after giving birth to daughter Lyra

Strictly star Janette Manrara has revealed that she felt judged for returning to her television work six weeks after giving birth to her daughter Lyra Rose. She welcomed her daughter Lyra with husband Alijaz Skorjanec, 33, in July, giving birth at London's Portland Hospital, and made her first appearance on the Morning Live show in the summer, after taking six weeks' maternity leave. Pro dancer and Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two host Janette Manrara spoke out this week about feeling judged on social media when she returned to work six weeks after giving birth to her daughter Lyra Rose in July Sharing comments that she'd received on her social media posts, she revealed one person had said: 'I know mums have to work but personally I think this is too soon' and another had penned: 'I wish celebs wouldn't normalise mums going back to work when their babies are tiny.' One of the comments Janette says she received after appearing on BBC Morning Live during her return to her TV commitments The star seen on the programme on her first day back on the daytime show in the summer Janette and partner Alijaz Skorjanec pictured with their daughter Lyra Rose shortly after her birth The presenter said she felt judged by the comments, and that they left her with a sense of guilt over leaving her daughter 'I'm really looking forward to the future and thinking about our second child,' he teased, in an interview with Hello!