CatyO, would you like me to add you back on the list now with your little angel until CD1?

As for the (potentially) painful AF, when I had my chem pg (5w4d), the first 4 hours were quite bad. I normally have painful AFs (thanks to my endo), but these were twice as bad as normal (and that's saying something). But after those few hours, I passed what I assume was the sac and after that the pain was minimal. It's not the same for everyone and having a plan in place to go to the ER if you do have a lot of pain might be enough of a safety net to not need to go. It never occurred to me to go to hospital with my chem pg, but I was given the same instruction while waiting for my d&c (go to the ER if I started bleeding before the d&c). The hospital can't do anything other than pain management, but that can be a big help if it's bad.

And don't count yourself out on a natural BFP. We had been TTC 2.75 years and done 6 IUI, 3 IVF and 1 FET (all BFN) before getting our first ever BFP (the chem pg) and it was a natural conception. Stranger things have happened...