‘I wanted people to understand why my mood had deteriorated. I also felt better by talking about the fact that it had been cancelled’ (26–39, heterosexual)

‘Talking about it to anyone that would listen helped’ (26–39, heterosexual)

‘It was an additional stress added during the lockdown and I therefore gave in and told more people (only a couple more). I also had to inform my line manager as all the dates I had previously booked off as annual leave (to coincide with my cycle) needed to be cancelled and rearranged’ (26–39, gay/lesbian)

‘I am so upset and disappointed about waiting, I’ve felt I needed to explain why this is’ (26–39, heterosexual)

‘Although this cycle we decided to keep few people in the loop as possible, I am very open about receiving fertility treatment. When it was announced all fertility treatment would be frozen, I had a lot of friends message as they knew this would affect us. This is when I decided to share we had in fact just had egg collection’ (26–39, heterosexual)