Phoebe Burgess breaks her silence after reconciling with her husband Sam Burgess

The last several months for Phoebe Burgess have understandably been quite tumultuous.

Following the recent birth of her second child, William, the 30-year-old former journalist split with her NRL football star husband Sam Burgess over the Christmas holidays.

At the time, friends of theirs told The Daily Telegraph that "things had been bad for while." Shortly after, sources close to the estranged couple began speculating that the division of their assets was "unlikely" to get "nasty".

Despite reports that Sam, 30, had moved out of their Sydney family home, the two were spotted out and about back in February in Centennial Park sparking reconciliation rumours and made their first public appearance together in March since their split.

Just last week, Phoebe seemed to all but confirm the two of them were back together, posting a pic of the the two of them celebrating her thirtieth birthday captioning the photo, "Thirty and maturing nicely."

Now Phoebe has opened up for the first time since their split, confirming that she has indeed reconciled with Sam, but that they will always have "trying days."

"We are together, we are married," she told Stellar.

"Sam and I will have good days and we'll have trying days. We'll have challenges but it's how you deal with those challenges together. Every single person on this planet who is married knows it isn't perfect. It's never going to be perfect."

Phoebe went on to say that the details surrounding what happened during their time apart, "will always and forever just be between Sam and I."

"Our 'why' is each other and our children. It's our 'why' for everything. When you know what you want out of life, you'll do anything to make that happen. Marriage takes work and commitment and resilience."

Facing intense scrutiny over the state of her marriage after she'd just given birth, the former journalist said that she chose to focus on the important things like her wellbeing.

"You can choose to internalise all the sh-- that's swirling around you, or you can choose to bunker down and concentrate on what's important."

She continued, "I think a lot of mums will know that when you're pregnant, you don't want cameras in your face. But at the time, we as a family had a higher purpose and that was bringing our son into the world.

"That's what brought out my resilience and strength, that protective tiger instinct. [My thoughts were] I'll protect my family, I'll protect my husband. We'll bunker down and look after each other."

Of the public's interest in the state of their relationship, Phoebe said she is grateful that her two children were too young to comprehend what was happening between their parents.

"The scrutiny was more affecting than what was happening between me and Sam," she admitted to the outlet. "I was pregnant or had a newborn when a lot of things were written, and it was tough to say the least."

She added, "But what does Rocky say? 'It's not how hard you [get] hit, it's how you get up.' If I've learnt anything, it's to hold my marriage a lot closer to my chest.

However at the end of the day, Phoebe says she believes in the power of true romance.

"I've always believed that in the end, love conquers all."