Katy Regan

Katy Regan was born in 1974 and brought up in the northern seaside town of Morecambe. Her claim to fame - aside from being possibly the only person in the world to get expelled from primary school - is that at the age of 16 she went to stage school in Surrey with Posh Spice. Where as Victoria Adams (as she was then) became part of one of the most famous girl bands in history and married David Beckham, Katy decided she needed more than kicking her legs to keep her out of trouble and went back to her northern roots to study English and French at Leeds University.

It was there that she became features editor of the student newspaper and discovered her love for writing (and all day drinking sessions after press day..) After a brief stint as what can best be described as 'jumble sale and centenary correspondent' at the Northampton Herald and Post, she went to London to pursue an altogether more glamorous writing career.

She worked at 19 magazine for two years as features writer before joining Marie Claire as writer in 2002. 'Highlights' in that position included spending ten days in the buff on a nudist resort and becoming a footballer's wife for a week - all in the name of investigative journalism.

In 2004 at the height of her career as the office roving reporter singleton she fell accidentally pregnant by her best mate (who just remained a friend). Seeing the creative possibilities in this unconventional situation her editor commissioned her to write a column "And then there were three..sort of" which proved so successful it ran for two years and inspired many a reader to write in to Katy with their life story.

She has now taken her loyal following to her blog: The State She's In on Marie Claire's website and since thankfully being promoted to Commissioning Editor in 2005, sends other poor sods to get their kits off in the south of France all in the name of investigative journalism.

She lives in south London and shares care of her son Fergus with his dad who lives across the road.

1. Live life to the full
Tess and Gina's flat has a jacuzzi so it's the obvious location for a party...every night

2. Make great friends and keep them close
Though maybe not actually in your bed. Tess and Jim's claims that they are "Just good friends" has everyone rolling their eyes.

3. Look on the bright side of life
After all it could be so much worse. Tess's job interviewing the nation's walking catastrophes proves this every day.

4. Learn from your past mistakes
The way Tess split up with her true love Laurence was a mistake, but could now be her second chance?

5. Expect the unexpected
Because you should never trust the first pregnancy test you do...

6. Learn to drive and never wear fancy knickers midweek.
It can lead to all manner of messes…

Tess has a lot to learn about life. And now it seems even her Mum and Dad won't be around for her forever. At 28, is it really time to grow up? Maybe having a baby with your best friend isn't the best way to start...