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@MrsDynamiteGal: @Sams Mom:
Thanks for playing along! The answers you shared were great!

Here are my responses:
(Keep in mind, I'm old and boring. Lol)

(1) What is the weirdest TWW symptom(s) you've had during your time TTC?
--- In the last 33 cycles, it has been a tie between the crazy-huge veiny boobs AND the post-Clomid TWW nausea with gagging. Weirdest non-pregancy symptoms I've ever had!!! 🙄

(2) What is the most outrageous place you and your spouse (or significant other) have BD?
--- After an Army ORG day with the hubby's old battalion in Hawaii, a fellow military spouse and family friend was watching my daughter for a couple hours so her daughter could play with mine ... It was the PERFECT time for a couple Mai Tais, a frolic on the beach with the hubs and a quickie while watching the sunset. . Mind you, that is not the most outrageous place I've been intimate in my life, just while BD with my husband.

(3) Who will be the first person you plan to tell if/when you get your BFP ?
--- I will PROBABLY share it with you ladies first if my hubs isn't around for it. Then, DH ... OR, vice versa. IDK. .

@Jessiemuller88: I'm so glad you like it! I needed a break from the monotony of ttc [and life in general] and just had to be a bit goofy. 🤗 You made me chuckle when I read how weddings do it for you and your hubs!

@paranundrum: Sorry you've had a crappy few weeks as well. Thanks for joining in! ... I love your responses! The sauna is scandalous.

@HYPATIA: So glad that you will be back for a 2nd round this month! I'll add you to the POAS list ASAP!

@Sams Mom: I'm hoping you will be fine. I had that the cycle before my last (my Clomid 100 cycle) and I thought my ovaries would blow during AF and even up until CD 7 when I had my HSG the following cycle. They were the size of small grapefruit during OV the cycle on Clomid 100! Alas, no cysts for me. This cycle (back on Clomid after the HSG, down to 50 again), I'm on CD 13 and I haven't OVed yet. My ovaries are huge (as in they can be felt from the inside and outside) AND I'm swelling like a piggy, but my OBGYN says everything looks like I'm on-track and I should "keep doing the horizontal mambo." (*eye roll* 🙄 Always is funny when a male medical doctor tries to shift from technical jargon to "hip" layman's terminology. ). Anyway, I'm hoping you are cyst-free because you have been through so much and deserve a break (and a BFP !). Wishing you the absolute best, hun!

@Sams Mom: 🙄So your OBGYN thinks he is a comedian as well? Lol. As far as BDing with a LO in the room -- I think it is a guy thing. When my son first came home (and after his surgeries) he had to sleep sitting up so he dozed in his car seat and in a special "elevated" sleeper, well, my husband would "try" to get frisky with him in the room and he'd just turn my son around to face a corner or a wall. Seriously, a newborn "in timeout." . I couldn't traumatize DS like that as I have memories of my parents fighting when I was 20 mos old in the first home they had before they divorced so I know memories can develop early (IDK HOW early though! ). Besides, I had a C-section and PPD, so the hubby was DENIED for a good long while BUT it was silly to see how hard he tried and that he'd be willing to face our tiny son to the wall if there were even a chance in H*ll.

As far as cysts go, they are a possibility, but it is slim. If you have a history of them, have had cysts in other bodily locals, have a propensity to develop hyperstimulated ovaries, or have PCOS, you are far more apt to develop them. From my research (both in reviewing scholarly texts and in speaking with doctors), Clomid use (especially in higher doses) will cause severe bloat, painful ovulation, headaches, sore breasts, severely engorged ovaries, late OV, intense hot flushes, dizzy spells, changes in BMs (diarrhea OR constipation), vision changes (some may be permanent), the increased chance for multiples (It is still under 8% for fraternal twins) and pronounced Progesterone effects. Effects (with the exception of the birth of multiples) all increase with an increase in the level of Clomid administered to a patient. I hope this info is at least relatively helpful, especially since you have been on Clomid 150.

Ladies -

For those of you ladies who have not been on BEE recently or haven't read through the ENTIRE POAS post, we've been playing a fun, lighthearted game of "TRUTH [no Dare. Lol]" in order to lighten the mood (from a crappy few weeks), bond as a TTC group, and just be silly. Many of the ladies have responded and the answers are GREAT! If you would like to partake, the questions are as follows:

(1) What is the weirdest TWW symptom(s) you've had during your time TTC?
(2) What is the most outrageous place you and your spouse (or significant other) have BD?
(3) Who will be the first person you plan to tell if/when you get your BFP ?

Have fun and I can't wait to read some MORE of the responses!

*** For those who HAVE responded, your answers have been AH-MAZING and it is so much fun reading them! - Kaohinani ***

@yellowbeach: No problem, Yellow! I'm trying to keep my mind off of all of the crazy going here as well. I have no control over any of it so I'm, simply, surrendering and going with the flow (for once ). Good luck with your repeat bHcG tomorrow! I know it is FAR easier said than done, but keep your mind off of it the best you can and keep the positive thoughts flowing (* Negativity never got anyone anything "good," right? ... One of my favorite quotes to keep me going: "“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams). Hopefully, we all get to have some sort of positive luck this month (eg. Good news, good family health, a BFP, a better ttc cycle, having hubby home for OV --- Whatever it is the person needs). I'm pulling for all the ladies here!