Hi all, so much going on!
Shell that's fabulous news - 2 embies onboard and a potential frostie too? Whatever happens it seems like all the effort you have put in over recent weeks and months has done the trick, as this is the most successful cycle you've ever had, right? I won't tell you to think positive, I know the fear is that it makes a possible fall harder to bear. But I hope you can at least reassure yourself that you've done all you can. Now it's out of your hands.
Nutty best of luck with the scan today, are you 6 weeks? I had mine at 8 weeks last week and got a strong heartbeat, but it might not yet be possible at 6 weeks. Be warned, it'll look nothing like any living form, just a blob really, but just be reassured if the doc/midwife tells you all is well. Fingers crossed for you.
Whittle - I was knocked out by the whole process too - just felt so run down by it all. Don't know if it was the progesterone specifically, or the whole treatment. But I allowed myself to rest plenty, and got DH into the kitchen, making dinner and serving me drinks on the sofa. And the next few days are definitely the hardest, but try to keep yourself busy and plan some nice treats.
Smidge - it's great to have a plan for the new year. Our clinic won't let us do another fresh cycle if we have a frostie, they are very strict about that (probably worried that people will just leave them if they have a successful fresh cycle, and they'll keep up space in the freezer for years!) but I can see why a fresh cycle would be reassuring for you. If only we could all be in Fraz's position with a freezer full!
Hen I've also found it hard to believe the BFP is really going to be a baby, and have worried a lot about miscarriage. And of course we know very well on this board that miscarriages are very real (and I'm still sad for you, Allchat). But the reality is that once you're pregnant, you are much more likely to stay pregnant than not. I sometimes feel we've gone full circle in the miscarriage discussion - we used to not talk about it at all, now we seem to terrify every woman with a BFP that she shouldn't really believe it until 12 weeks. I don't know how helpful that is really. In my case I tried to focus on the daily positives - each day without a miscarriage reduced the chance even further. And once you have a scan with a heart beat the chances reduce dramatically. So yes, we should be aware that it's a possibility, but we should know it's only a small possibility.
Wishing everyone a good week.