Introducing Mimi Isabella Lee

Danielle Brown and her boyfriend George Lee introduced their beautiful daughter Mimi Isabella Lee in OK! magazine recently.

Many of you may also see that Danielle also bares a striking resemblence to "Scary Spice." She is in fact Melanie Brown's younger sister.

Here are some interview highlights and pictures from the shoot.

On becoming first time parents

George: It's been really good. Very easy to get used to.

Danielle: It's been okay. But I did have some problems breastfeeding to start with and I got really down because I couldn't produce enough milk for her. And because there is such a pressure on mums to breast feed, I felt like a complete failure. She's on a bottle now and she is a different baby. She's really good now.

I have been around my nieces Phoenix and Angel [Mel's daughters] for so long so I kind of know what's what! When Phoenix was born I lived with Melanie for about a year, so I was there and I travelled with her a lot. When Angel was born I went out to LA when she was two weeks old to help out. "



Although Danielle admits things have been a lot harder than she first expected

"I just don't know how Mel copes. I mean, it's so hard looking after a little one and there's two of us. I just don't know how Mel has done this on her own for so long. I mean, she looked after both her kids all on her own and never had any nannies, In fact, when I had Mimi, I rang her up and said: 'Well done. I've never congratulated you before but well done for coping and for what you've done.' It would have been so much more easier for her to have a nanny. She's a hands-on mum. "



On sister Melanie meeting Mimi

"She met her in Manchester when she was on tour, just before she headed off to America. Phoenix was so funny because she said: 'What? Another girl? There are too many girls in this family. Why couldn't you have a boy?' She was so disappointed that she wasn't a boy because she is such a tomboy. But who knows, I might have a son next. I mean, I definitely will have another baby but not for a while. I think it's good to have an age gap. There's one between Mel and I, and Phoenix is nine and Angel is just under a year. "



On her pregnancy

D: "I wasn't sick or ill and I was full of energy, but I was a nightmare, I had hormones all over the place and we actually broke up for a bit. I became a nagging witch. I'd argue about silly things like washing up."

G: "She was hormonal and we agreed it would be a good time for her to stay with her mum. "

D: "I was a monster. When you're pregnant, you're going through all this and the man doesn't understand. I mean, being an actress and dancer, I was used to having a good figure and then to see your body change like that really got to me. And the fact you can't do the work you want to do got me down mentally. I would say the pregnancy was harder than the labour! "



On the labour

D: I was terrified, but it was ok. I had the same doctor who treated my sister. My waters broke in the morning at home, so we went to see the doctor and he said: 'You're not going to have it until tonight.' So we went home and I had a load of contractions there. All the while I was washing my hair as I thought I wouldn't get another chance to do it before the baby!

"I wasn't panicking because the doctor had said the baby wasn't coming for a while. But my mum and dad drove down from Leeds and then George drove us all to the hospital and we ended up getting caught up in traffic on the way to the Portland Hospital.

"My mu was timing my contractions and they were coming every minute and she was like: 'George, get a move on.' But the traffic was so bad, so I wound down the window and started screaming at everyone. My dad was really quiet.

"I was doing all my breathing wrong because I hadn't been to antenatal classes. When I got to the hospital the nurse shouted at me: 'Slow your breathing down!' So I got settled and had a mobile epidural."



On the birth

D: The cord was around her neck, but the doctor didn't tell me straight away. George's mum became a stirrup for my leg. The nurse had to go off somewhere and my leg was just flopping about so I stuck it on George's mum. And I was like: 'Don't look down there!'

"It was so funny! Mum was like a parrot repeating everything the doctor said. But it was good to have them all there. George was silent through it all and his tie was getting tighter and tighter!"

G: I was at the top end with Danielle's mum and my mum. I had just come from work and I refused to take my tie off until the baby was born. I was there comforting her so I couldn't see any of the messy stuff. But I was gobsmacked that we were going to be parents. It was amazing! "

Source: OK!