Shared parental leave is a way of helping to alleviate the issue but, at present, Joeli says that legislation is not adequate when it comes to ending expectations as to how parents should approach caregiving duties.

“It doesn’t tackle the gender stereotypes that exist. We know that there’s an enormous assumption that it’s women who will do that caring role, and everything tells us that we should be the one that takes time off and looks after the baby.

“So, when men go to their employer and say ‘I want to take time out to care for my own offspring,’ it’s not permitted in their job and so they face really severe discrimination in the workplace.”

For some women, breastfeeding is a key consideration when it comes to deciding when and whether they can go back to work and the logistics of going back to employment has affected Grace’s own approach to motherhood and has been a significant factor in advocating for combination feeding.

“A big part of that is my job because I need to go back to work,” she says. “Were it not for money or for my career, I do think I’d be much bigger on breastfeeding, and I’d be like ‘no, why would I do the alternative?’ But, honestly, I don’t see it as an option.”

Drawing attention to figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies that by the time a woman’s child is 12-years-old, her hourly pay rate is 33% behind a man’s, Fliss asks what can be done to stop women from suffering financially after having a child.

Baby On The Brain podcast: money and the motherhood penalty