Respondents’ details
| Name (age) | Personal and medical background |
| Erica (35) | 3 IVF attempts, 4 ICSI attempts, currently doing a fifth ICSI attempt. Several pregnancies, one stillbirth at 28 weeks. No (living) children. |
| Gwen (29) | 2 IUI attempts, 2 IVF attempts. Last attempt was successful. Has a daughter. |
| Fay (44) | 4 IVF attempts. Last attempt was successful. Has a daughter. |
| Leanne (43) | 3 ICSI attempts, 5 IUI attempts. Had a miscarriage 11 weeks into her pregnancy. No children. |
| Roxanne (46) | 6 IVF attempts over 17 years, last one successful. Has a son. Cannot have infertility treatment (for a second child) because of medical reasons. |
| Kate (41) | 5 IUI attempts, 13 IVF attempts, 2 of which were successful. Has a son and a daughter. |
| Emily (45) | 3 ICSI attempts, 2 IVF attempts. Had to stop infertility treatment because of age restrictions. No children. |
| Josephine (33) | 3 ICSI attempts. No children. |
ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection; IUI, intrauterine insemination; IVF, in vitro fertilisation.