Remember when we thought being a mum over the age of 25 was ‘old’? When my mum had my little sister, aged 37, I was absolutely mortified; no-one I knew had ever had a baby that old. But that was back in the 90s. These days, we don’t bat an eyelid when we see a woman with a bulging belly in her 30s or 40s walking down the street.

And if your algorithm is anything like mine, you’ll see many successful, beautiful women, who’ve built great lives first and seamlessly slot in babies later. Ashanti had her first baby at 43 and Rihanna started her brood in her mid-thirties. The stats in the UK support this: according to the Office for National Statistics, women over 40 are one of the only groups in England and Wales whose birth rates aren't declining. It’s clear: we’re now reaping the benefits previous generations worked hard for.

So, imagine our horror when we eventually take the plunge, only to be confronted with the truth: no-one is honest about what ‘late’ motherhood really looks like – for our lives and for our bodies.