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In my teens, my homework diary was littered with the scribblings of baby names heavily influenced by Noughties celebrities. You’d rarely see me as a child without a BABY Born aggressively strapped into a Toys ‘R’ Us pram. I haven’t always been so ambivalent about motherhood. ‘Yes,’ I immediately replied before pausing. He posed the question with the nonchalance of someone wondering if I take milk in my tea.

Deep in conversation with another journalist, as we reeled off our plans for the year ahead – friends’ weddings, holidays abroad, staycations – we soon got onto the topic of relationships.

I was confronted with the question for the first time last summer. You’ll likely be asked this at least once in your lifetime.