The only advice I can give you is to listen to your inner voice, discuss what you want to do with your husband and possibly a counsellor, and ignore everyone else.

It has taken us 11 years to finally concieve - and a lot of the people that were there at the beginning of the journey have dropped away, not understanding our drive to have a child.

We are using a donor so in slightly different circumstances to your own, however we had times where we were enthusiastically attempting a cycle, and other times where we gave ourselves a break and went on holidays etc. However the need was always there.

If you believe that your clinic is not helping then choose another. For example, there are AC specialists within the IVF world that approach things a little differently than others. Also, some complimentary medicines can help some people.

As far as your body - well again, this is your choice. LTTTC is a hard slog both emotionally and physically, but the only person that can really make this judgement is you.