Gwen Stefani discusses her 'miracle' pregnancy that 'restarted her life' as she ... trends now

Gwen Stefani has opened up about her 'miracle' pregnancy as she posed for the cover of Nylon magazine.

The singer, 54, is mother to Kingston, 17, Zuma, 15, and Apollo, 10, with her ex Gavin Rossdale who she divorced in 2015 after 13 years of marriage.

Speaking about motherhood, Gwen told how becoming pregnant with her youngest son was a 'miracle' that restarted her life.

She said: 'I went from a difficult time in my life to giving birth to Apollo. Getting pregnant with him was really the start of [a series] of miracles,' she says. 'It was almost like a restart to my life — the second chapter.' 

Gwen was a mentor on The Voice at the time which is where she met her now husband Blake Shelton in 2014. 

On being a working mother, Gwen admitted it's difficult to find time to record new music amid her parenting duties.

She said: 'I told this to Blake the other day: 'You don't understand — to be a mom and a wife and then write a record?'

'Everybody might be like, 'Why did it take so long?' Well, OK, I want to see you try to find five seconds to get creative,' she says. 'It's so hard to squeeze it into the life that I have.'

Gwen elaborated further on some career opportunities she had to miss due to her responsiblities at home.

She was wanted in the studio to record with Akon shortly after giving birth to her son Kingston but learned soon after she was pregnant again.   

She said: 'I was like, 'What are you talking about?' Stefani says. 'The baby's nine weeks old!'

On her second pregnancy interfering with a No Doubt reunion, she added: 'I think everyone was disappointed. I don't think they would say that. No one's going to be mad you're having a baby. But while I was busy, they were waiting.

'I got kind of lost. I got lost with not really having a band, not really having the people at the label that used to be my family, because so much time has passed.' 

Elsewhere during the interview, Gwen discussed her marriage to 'best friend' Blake.

The hitmaker  opened up about the insecurities she faced at one point in her marriage and debunked rumors they were divorcing, calling the speculation 'lies.'

Their new duet track, Purple Irises, was written by Gwen and was originally intended to be a solo song before she agreed to have Blake join her.