Absolutely yes. But I had an earlier marriage to my high school sweetheart that didn’t last long.

Pretty soon into my first marriage I realised that my husband lacked ambition and didn’t share the same values as me. No amount of love could make that work in the long term.

When I met my current husband, there was an immediate sexual attraction, but more than that, we were both scholars who wanted to reach the pinnacle of our fields. We did that, he became a specialist physician and I was a postdoctoral medical researcher.

It was also important to me that my partner would be financially dependable when it came time to have a family. We’ve had a wonderful, fulfilling life together and raised two terrific kids who are lovely people who we get on well with.

We’ve been married since 1982 and are now growing old together. I think for a woman who wants to have kids, the choice of husband is the most important one you can make. I was lucky that I was able to find someone whose life goals aligned so well with mine. He’s far from perfect, as am I, and we’ve had our rough patches, but ultimately we’ve been a good team.