Thanks everyone for replying. I know we are all in a similar situation, it's frightening how many people are.

Satya - seeing new borns in shopping centres. Yesterday, in the shopping centre, I saw 3! I have never seen such tiny babies in shopping centres before, so maybe this is a good sign? But it certainly brings it home that it's not happening for us.

I just wish our friends, who are supposed to be close, could talk to us, instead of hiding things and then blurting them out by accident, like the party. My DH thinks it's his friends wife who is being awkward, but I'm not so sure.