Natalie Cassidy fractured sternum while practicing giving birth on EastEnders

Natalie Cassidy revealed she once fractured her sternum because she was straining so much while practicing giving birth live on EastEnders.The actress, who played Sonia Fowler in the BBC soap for over three decades, revealed she was so 'nervous' that she 'really went for it' while acting out giving birth which caused her 'sternum to pop out'.Natalie said she now 'worries about bone density' after going to the hospital and doctors were left concerned that she had managed to do it to herself.