Rocker KT Tunstall is eager to fall pregnant and complete her family - but insists she would carry on touring if she had a baby.
The singer wed drummer Luke Bullen in 2008 and the couple has been discussing the possibility of having children.
But they are keen to carry on performing - and wouldn't mind taking a tot on the road with them.
Tunstall tells Scotland's Daily Record, "I cannot wait to start a family. I'm 35 so I am ripe for getting on with it. But I needed to put all my energy into getting this album out first. It'll be fantastic to have a child. Fingers crossed.
"I'm not planning on settling down. I plan to carry on what I'm doing when I become a mum. I don't like the idea that being a woman and wanting to have children should stop me being a musician in any way.
"Luke and I are passionate about touring. I think a feral little child with 15 uncles wearing crew gear is a good way to do it.
"Friends who are musicians have done it and gone on the road. I remember Luke was playing with Heather Nova when she was eight months pregnant. Skye from Morcheeba is another friend who has done it. It's inspiring. I would have loved to have grown up on the road."