Do you like to be complimented?

Yes, doesn’t everyone? But I also like to give compliments. If someone’s looking really nice or has done something good, I like to tell them. Equally, I can also tell them if something’s not so great.

Do you have a high pain threshold?

Extremely. I have a condition called endometriosis – women who have it have extremely painful periods.

What book do you recommend most to others?

What Mothers Do Especially When It Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen. I read it after I’d had my son when I was trying to make sense of my new role, it gave me a real insight into how to cope.

Which lesson has been the hardest to learn?

That you can’t control most difficult things: what people think, how your body works. You can’t always make things better. I learnt that most when I couldn’t get pregnant.

Emma Barnett on why society dislikes women who speak out